Dazzling Darkness Poem by Patti Masterman

Dazzling Darkness

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In God, some say, there is a deep but dazzling darkness-
That hides his face, like an ocean hides a seed;
And none can say if it's full or if it's empty,
For all our knowing's like wind through hollow reeds.

Saturday, September 8, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: ocean,wind
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
(First line taken from the last stanza of Henry Vaughan's poem,
‘The Night': "There is in God (some say)
A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear;
O for that night! where I in him
Might live invisible and dim."
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Johnathan Juarez 16 September 2012

nice interpretation

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Smoky Hoss 11 September 2012

Love the depth of truth within the last line, purity.

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Allemagne Roßmann 08 September 2012

Truly said...God is the bazooka for perestroika.....we do only play darbouka and make boomshakalaka of poetrys empty vessel-cheers if you actually see i am doing the same another way making it more devoid as time detests in an hour glass of emptiness and fullness

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Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr 08 September 2012

Awesome verse, Patti...I think Henry V. would have been both impressed and pleased as to where you took his opening line....~FjR~

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