The Sepulchre
((or, “The Tomb”) (Haiku))
The one that loves you
To the one above all others
I covered His Tomb
He was seized
And brought down gently
And the reign of evil cast out
An insult to the hunger
The avenger’s zeal cooled down
The Devil…
A whirlwind inside of heaven
I felt it on His Tomb
Jesus Christ
Useless! Useless!
—the heavy Tomb cried
As if it had a pulse, had eyes
Standing there
I called the Tomb by name
Heard an old echo:
Someone barking at heaven!
“That’ll ruin—everything”
(and it did).
Note: The author, renowned for his expressive poetry, has also mastered the Japanese Haiku, and taken it out of its traditional form, to beyond its strictness to what he believes is the form’s essence. By keeping his eye on the object, he stretches out, by painting his scene, with impressions. He cuts, to create sounds within the Haiku.
Says the author: “One of my greatest experiences while in Jerusalem was visiting and touching the Tomb of Christ, in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and I have tried to expressed this moment in the Haiku poem called ‘The Sepulcher’ (or Tomb)”
No: 2764 (7-30-2010) Written in Lima, Peru, after returning from Israel
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