What damns my heart
has dammed my sermons –
I am silenced
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I'm Dumbstruck!
This is so powerful. You said quite a mouthful here in 3 short lines! 'Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks!' You paraphrased scripture in a Jisei. [I have to look up the form] Good going!
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"Jisei" refers to a poem written by someone about to die. Often it is in haiku form, but it could be in other oriental styles. It was typically written by zen buddhist monks. I'm glad you liked this.
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The love to preach is generally much greater than the will to self-correct. Yet few seem to morally dam the one in acknowlegement of the other. Beautifully applied homophone. Silent as the grave? I enjoyed it.
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oh i love the damns/dammed play - stunning.
love, lane
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Homophones - oldest trick in the book, k-c.
I like stunning you, especially with short stuff like this. Glad you like it.
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a message worth knowing, a lesson in humility and wisdom, i think...excellent...'skid
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Deep bow, taking hat off to the supreme poet.
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Gassho.
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...I, too, am silenced!
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I hope not!
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Brilliant
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Ta.
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Brevity at its snappiest, perfectly-worded best.
"dammed"
I'm guessing you intended that, as opposed to 'damned'. I can't see you doing any typos.
Jessica
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That's right - "dammed" as in pent up, stopped, blocked. Sometimes I use the same word as a feminised form of "sired", but not here.
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