First Confession
First Confession
a nun hurries children
past the garden
posted by Bill | 9:26 AM
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11 Comments:
I'm not too familiar with Catholic things...
Vaughn, First Confession takes place a few days before First Communion. The kids would be in the second grade and would generally be brought to the church from the school in which they receive religious instruction. On the way, they might pass a garden, and you're free to find any symbolism in that that you'd care to. Being Catholic is not a requirement.
loved it
i - like vaughn - am not a catholic
but i loved the wordplay of the first confession and the garden
as well as what it implies (good and bad) about education in all forms
you are a magician when it comes to cramming a lot into a little
cheers bill
Garden,
all alone,
waits, and waits...
Thanks Bill.h
Thanks, floots, for your imaginative and generous response.
Tikkis, a very suggestive ku.
Vaughn. You're entirely welcome, my friend.
a very clever haiku, bill. enjoyed.
Thank you, polona.
Thanks, melanie. I remember saying "oh Hell" so I'd have something to confess.
First Confession
a nun hurries children
past the garden
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Well, I confess that my vision of this image is different than others. More abstract.
It's not the religious confession emplied here, but confession of love. That's why the nun is tensed.
She's hurries the children past the garden, in other words: she's striving to hide the buds(children) of the love paradise(garden) from conservitive eyes which will cause this new fresh dream to suffocate, if she does not hurry up and keep it from them.
Rita__
Rita, the writer's intention contributes to meaning, but doesn't determine it. It's always interesting to see what readers make of what we have written.
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