I Write Her weekly photo challenge with Susi Bocks. Photo—Ash D Soloman—Lucid Being
#1—Sinful God
In the Gaelic wind—
God repents a wistful glance—
At earthly pleasure—
#2—The Unfolding
Impetuous acts—
Reveal true characters—
Confronted by strength—
#3—Strength
Thunder recoils—
As the hedge-witch reposes—
Confronting spirits—
And one bonus haiku at no extra charge—
#4—Weakness
God himself travails—
Broken from his own restraint—
To glimpse wild beauty—
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The image of god caste by the writers as a ‘perfect innocent’ of any wrong doing is in fact a type and shadow of the men of power. Who but the aspiring and entrenched ‘men of words’ can declare their innocence time and again from the same breath that inflicts? Who but god (the writers) can tip their hand in blood and horrors and and call it good? Even very good—Taking a stand against this entrenched deception is in fact the absolute morality the religious seek.
Bending your mind to appease a nefarious belief and honoring atrocious behavior through faith is an obvious sleight of hand played on the trusting minds of humanity.
Are you familiar with Mark Twain’s letters from the earth? In it, he says men allow god to get away with things they would put their next door neighbour in goal for
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I love letters from the earth. MaryP recommended it to me about a year ago. How would you like to have YHWY for a neighbor? Citing new laws off the cuff and constant threats.
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It’s a great book. I have suggested it to a number of friends to read if for anything, just to laugh at themselves
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He points out the absolute absurdity of the charade so well. Really makes ya wonder why we are born so gullible.
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We are lied to by persons who don’t know better but who we already have reason to trust
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gaol?
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Jail
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yes, gaol.
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I see my mistake 😁
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Lol.
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I blame Jim and the spelling daemon
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no problem. dyslexia? or just so used to writing goal the fingers automatically go oa?
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Funny thing all this time I have been reading it as gaol so I was wondering what your issue was😁
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No problem. Most people don’t even know that spelling. I grew up near Headingly Gaol.
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Who knew you had such consummate skill in so many varying disciplines
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Thanks Jo. I appreciate that. It’s not all good, but this pic made this one easy from my POV
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Good stuff.
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Neat haikus!
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Gracias hermana!
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De nada 😂
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I especially like your first one. Also #4 “hits home.” #3 takes a bit more thought related to its core meaning. Not sure at all about #2.
Interesting that what you saw in the image tends to go along with the many discussions that take place on this blog. 🙂
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Well keeping with the irreligious theme seemed only right since all of the implications of a god only mirrors the worst of those in power at the time. Think trump for #2…
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I do believe I gave you the perfect image to work with, Jim! Thanks for playing. 🙂
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Thanks for hosting. 🎯
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🙂
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I’m impressed by the wonderful poems and that you used hedge witch correctly. Even the Wiccans find their way cast into Jim’s poetic cauldron (respectfully, of course).
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I did use the hyphen to break the rules, as many may not know what hedge witch is. It’s worth googling if one doesn’t know. Thanks Bill.
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