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motley_sis

[freestyle poem] The Cross

May 06, 2010 00:54

Title: The Cross (also here)
Author: motley_sis
Genre: non-rhyming acrostic (read down the bold letters).
Rating: PG Warnings: none.
Disclaimer: Nope; mine.
Notes: Original non-rhyming acrostic. Treeligious celebration - refers to legend.
Written for visual_trigger, triggers #19 & #23, because I like to cheat.

( The Cross )

* poem, * acrostic, ljcom: visual_trigger

Comments 4

ederyn May 6 2010, 01:14:44 UTC

Oooh, I've never heard of that legend before. Interesting! I always think of dogwoods as the tree that gets birds drunk, since apparently they get high off the berries. Hee! Awesome poem, dude! I love the imagery of icy clouds spreading a shroud of white over our heads, in particular.

motley_sis May 6 2010, 10:53:20 UTC

Thank you! ε[_](^-^) I rather liked the idea of everyone (or every tree) being the same in mourning, feeling grief, through wearing the same snowy shroud.

Hadn't heard of the legend either before stumbling on that mention at Wikipedia, but here it is, as well as here and here. And even in this song on youtube. I doubt the legend has any historical accuracy, but it's nevertheless a good one with poignant symbolism.

ederynn May 6 2010, 17:07:24 UTC

Yesh, yesh! Very poignant. I didn't even know dogwoods grew in the middle east, actually; I've always thought of them as cold weather trees for some reason. I'd always imagined that the wood used for crucifixions back then was taken from trees like the redbud, since that's another tree with biblical connotations. Anyhow, that dogwood legend's a great theme for poetry and fiction, and you used it well. Awesome work! *hands out Scooby snacks*

motley_sis May 7 2010, 11:37:52 UTC

Redbud! The Dutch Wiki page says we actually call that one Judasboom (i.e. 'Judas tree'). On a side-note, I'd only ever heard of the Judaspenning (penning meaning 'penny', 'badge', or 'medal'), which you may know by the name Annual Honesty.

As for the dogwood - hadn't an idea either. Once I found that mention of the legend, I picked out a dogwood subspecies from the list at Wikipedia that is probably found in the land between the two rivers, too. Since the name of this one ends in '-Mas', the link with 'Christmas' was easily made. (o_o)[_]3 I'm not crazy.

But thanks, and thanks again. (^-^)[_]3