For the first post of the new year, we have a post full of double alliteration poems, written by the very faithful and talented Next Line, Please contributors. An interesting theme brewed which balanced reminiscence and hope, mingling the past and the present in an exploration of language which is, as always, a real treat to read.
In light of the beginning of another year, I chose this journey poem as my favorite:
Robert Albrecht's "Journey East"
Journey east, my young friend,
Before jeunesse escapes you.
Away from judging eyes,
And jabbing elbows,
Journey east.
Journey east with intention
To the country of Jowett’s enchantment,
Where the sermons of Jonathan Edwards
Still judiciously echo.
Journey east.
Journey east with humility,
And put a just end
To this jealous enmity
For those juntos eclectic
Who’ve since journeyed east.
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–Virginia Valenzuela