Crisis Averted?
Vocal Challenge: Acrostic poem "ECLIPSE"
Existential
Crisis averted?
Look to the sky -- is she not
Imploding?
Paradoxically
Smiling whilst the wee ones cry:
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Copyright Ā© 04/04/2024 by Christy Munson. All rights reserved.
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Author's note: This acrostic poem is my entry in Vocal's In Eclipse Challenge. Check out all the entries here:
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Comments (5)
The last line, to my mind, was uttered best (though in English) by Willem Dafoe in Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ", which I only recently got to watching. Though I remain free from dogma and doctrine, this treatment of Jesus humanised the Dying God or Christ figure for me in a way that finally made it relatable. Your poem reminded me of it! Well-wrought!
I so was not expecting that last line. That was so sad. Loved your Acrostic!
An ancient and poignant eclipse! Good fortunes for the challenge : )
I also thought the sky turning dark after Christ was killed. Both the saddest and the most joyous time in the world's history. Grateful though. Excellently done.
Very clever! The terror of the eclipse in ancient times. The Christ quote on the cross is an effective ending! Well done!