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Juvenilia: Prelude and Interludes from "His Holy Empire"

Prelude:

How could this have come to be, this life, so ever-changing?

these laws that pushed the smallest things to pull the greatest mountains?

and what could cause the chance to think and wonder why we can?

Sophia flowed through mystery where Logos formed a plan.

 

Act 1:  Epigenesis

 

First Interlude:

At the heart of sacred grounds, a man claims what is righteous

with ****** standard pointed proud and conduct that disguises

a savage pulse, an ancient thirst; is Cronus set in stone?

Impressing eager, weaker men, Saint George goes on and on.

 

Act 2:  Saint George

 

Second Interlude:

Where the wood once bloomed unbound, a shaft of ivory rises

and reigns above a throne of clouds, where veil of white disguises

a wilting rose, a potted plant; did Gaea plan her fate?

Behind the stained-glass window's view, Joanna meekly waits.

 

Act 3:  Joanna

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Written by
cory-childs
American
Published
May 10, 2011
Lines·Words
18·144
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These are excerpts from an operetta I'm composing.  I had hoped for these stanzas to be able to stand on their own as poetry.  In the work, the first stanza will be read aloud while a feminine Eros and a masculine, deified Logos meet in the middle of the stage and, after clasping hands, Eros is pushed down by Logos.  The interludes will be sung by a full female choir.

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