Ordinarily I don’t publish so much poetry at Theoria-press, and instead try to provide mostly essays with an odd poem or sonnet occasionally interspersed among them.
Some time age the topic of the Petrarchan form came up in a conversation and someone remarked that the sequence and rhyme structure reminded him of atrial fibrillation of the heart finally resolving into a coordinated pulse. The comparison intrigued me so I filed it away in the recesses of my mind until such time as the metaphor could bear fruit, and this was my attempt to capture it.
The last 4 lines suggest to me that all our hearts in prayer can lead to harmony within and without
I think that's right. What do you think?
Some time age the topic of the Petrarchan form came up in a conversation and someone remarked that the sequence and rhyme structure reminded him of atrial fibrillation of the heart finally resolving into a coordinated pulse. The comparison intrigued me so I filed it away in the recesses of my mind until such time as the metaphor could bear fruit, and this was my attempt to capture it.