Thomas Merton Poem, ‘First Lesson About Man’
Go to this site to listen to this poem while seeing a collection of surrealist art - and comment on your impression of this poem's reflection of Thomas Merton's spirituality.
slight-existential ponderings, surreal-tinged verse are a few words used to describe this poem...
First Line: Man begins in zoology He is the saddest animal
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton, p. 264
http://www.abstractreality.biz/2010/03/thomas-merton-first-lesson-about-man/
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Hi Claudia...this poem by Merton is so poignant. The loss of joy in modern times...especially among Christians is epidemic. He captures this state of affairs in a powerful way I think.
ReplyDeleteI will never look at a red car again without thinking of it as a symbol of anxiety!
Thanks for putting this together.
In joy,
Laura Beach
www.equippinglydia.org
Thank you Laura, your comments are great!
DeleteI just saw this one today!
March 13, 2015!
WoW!
Claudia