Too many questions Garbro; can you say all this by metaphor alone?

Ryfsis, I do not know.  I think there is a place in poetry for what I would
call a question poem.  Neruda wrote a number of them as have others.  Of
course, the trick is whether these are the right questions.  And the issue,
whether the theme is advanced with questions and with this mixed form.

I never know.  At any rate, the revision below.

Thanks.

Gary

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Psalms Unanswered

Do Mohammed and Moses stand before the Throne
and argue to partition Heaven according
to the olive trees left alive in Hebron?

Does Jesus move between them
a cheek offered to each with Mary
on his sleeve, her plea he not interfere?

Does Abraham lend his patriarchitude
to boost the argument of either son,
one now to be sacrificed for the other?

Do Krishna and Buddha stand aside
to wait their turn on Heaven's steps,
ownership of a fired earth the prize?

Who cries for Ali, Yosef,
Marie, Johann,
Yang Lee, Niamba
Crow's Feather?

**in the name of allahjehovathefathersonandholyghost
burn the hereticsinfidelsunbelievers**

torn hair
ashes
rend sackcloth
the most common commodities
available
in the world's bazaars

Who prays to appease Hagar's sorrow?
Who prays for peace for Miriam?
Who dares stand before the Goddess
and ask:  Are there sons without daughters?
Husbands without wives? Fathers
without mothers?

gentle strokes
whispered love
common respect
rare
found only on dusty shelves

**mothermarygrantusgrace**

And tombs and graves,
hidden, lost,
known,
wept from El-Harem el-Ibrahimi
to Machpelah.

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