Monday, August 22, 2011

Condemned

Could it be that grace’s fall was preordained and planned...
seduction dwelling dormant in soft shadow of the trees--
one person finding comfort in another’s company,
while wonders of this garden lay awaiting their command.

Did evil slither into heart of female, male’s to find...
blackening the innocence of simple naked form;
forever now remembered for the wrath of Maker’s scorn,
the tempted and the temptress condemning humankind.

© Ginny Brannan August 2011

Internet photo, Google, Images, Adam & Eve

















Written for The Gooseberry Garden, a new site for the Jingle Poetry community, for their Poetry Picnic Week 1 challenge: Adam and Eve. 

Sharing at d'Verse Poet's Pub Open Link #6  
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13 comments:

  1. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryAugust 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    lovely wonders, my dear, you rock.

    thanks for the profound contribution!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Very nice poem, Ginny. Food for thought...

    Here is my offering for this first Gooseberry Garden picnic: http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/this-eden/

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Oh man, I really like this one. I read and reread it because it's beautiful and complex. Wonderful :)

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  4. Susie ClevengerAugust 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Great piece...so much to think about..."Could it be that grace's fall was preordained and planned" love this line!

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  5. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallAugust 23, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    lovely thoughts, it is amazing how we can find so many interpretations based on one single fact.
    cheers.

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  6. TashtooAugust 23, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Seems a few of us have lost ourselves in the garden this evening! Thought this a fantastic write, and the selected image as alive with colour as the poetry. Happy OpenLinkNight! :)

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  7. Steve KingAugust 23, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Timeless sentiments and great imagination. A very great deal packed into few lines. I enjoyed this.

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  8. Pat HattAugust 23, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Very imaginitive piece, great job rifting off of it and making it your own.

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  9. ClaudiaAugust 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    i think they had a great time in that garden and weren't aware of what they would lose until it happened...great job of weaving this into today with your poem

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  10. ayalaAugust 23, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    I enjoyed this piece...lovely!

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  11. Brian MillerAugust 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    i can not imagine the loss after losing what they had in the garden...so close to a perfect life...yet we continue to make those decisions...

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  12. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Beautiful and incredibly well thought through. This is fab.

    Beth

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  13. AnonymousAugust 24, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Naw. Personnally I was born innocent and still get shamelessly naked whenever I can.
    Charles Elliott

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