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Lessons in Circumstance in Recorded History

it appears full circle today...

By Gerry ThibeaultPublished 24 days ago 1 min read
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Sure, it’s true, —the coach

is not always the best player

but it’s a team sport anyways.

The game changes, the power shifts

in the advent of circumstance.

When I think of light,

I think of the renaissance.

Recalling light and how it reflects

off the skin of Madonna and Child.

Strategic arrows penetrating saints,

and thorny crowns, great minds

in the study of science, cadavers,

sonnets, the possibilities of flight,

of how light reflects, softens,

how it betrays with refraction, how

we are here, how we are there,

how just is just when all that’s needed

is a little gasoline.

I've been considering a series with the renaissance and how it relates to modern times, maybe not all in this graphic form - What are your thoughts, I'm curious!

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Gerry Thibeault

aspiring poet working on his first chapbook of poetry...

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