the flames are warm–
we hold hands
against wrath
what is the context of
the naked soul?
is it pure love?
who invented hate?
Britta at W3 asked for a poem with a date for a title, responding to her poem “the theory of everything”. I composed a shovel poem from this line: warm hands, wrath of soul, love, hate,
My illustration is a Japanese Bunraku puppet representing a demon, but I was also inspired by another of Brendan’s Ekphrastic photos at earthweal, below.
Imagine if someone would just give us some truth…could we all shine on?
Forty-two years. Who do we think we are?
also linking to dVerse OLN hosted by Bjorn
K. 
wow- TBH, I didn’t really know much about Lennon’s murder… you inspired me to read up on it, Kerfe. A worthy tribute, yours!
❤
David
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Thanks David. John’s words are more and more apt–it’s frightening. Were he alive, I’m sure he’d still be asking us to be better than we are.
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Those are important questions, and nobody can know the answers. Are even ‘love’ and ‘hate’ exact concepts?
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No one does know the answers, though some pretend they do. I’m finding more and more that all words have multiple dimensions.
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True. Context shapes the meanings but perhaps it’s all pretense.
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Words as disguise…that could be.
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A good one!
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Thanks Dwight.
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The artwork is so compelling. I think it’s the eyes in combination with the mouth which looks locked up tight to me.
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Thanks Claudia. I drew a lot of the puppets from a book I took out of the library, but this one was definitely the most interesting to me.
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My favorite beatle! and one of my favorite singers. Your poem is really good!
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Thanks! His music is more relevant now than ever.
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This one is so very amazing! Wow!
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Thanks Muri.
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The timeless questions. If only we could hold hands against hate.
Your drawing is scary!
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Thanks Merril. The Japanese puppets are very expressive!
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You’re welcome, Kerfe. They are!
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I remember the day well ❤
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Hard to forget.
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It was said once that the opposite to love is not hate but indifference… love and hate go hand in hand
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They are intertwined for sure.
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I remember hearing the news on the radio. I was ten at the time. This is a very moving tribute to John Lennon. Made me think of the lines in his song ‘Imagine’. ‘Imagine all these people, living life in peace’
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Thanks Britta.
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Love, hate, indifference…we go through all but peace eludes us.
Very expressive puppet.
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hi, Kerfe! I just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by l’il ol’ me, is now live!
❤
David
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Kerfe, just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by the awesome D. Avery, is now live:
Much love,
David
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