I think it is a word play on the horizon being "bent", the "bentness" of the world itself (broken and sinful), and the Holy Spirit "bending" over it in loving mercy.
Ah, my favorite poet ever, one who very possibly saved my life. When I taught my course in his life and work, I had the students present readings of his poetry at the end of the term. So they had to learn how to _hear_ it, and it made such a difference in their understanding and appreciation of it. Thanks for your discussion.
There seems to be a desire within people for a sense of unity. Some try via force of views or arms, others through rules and regulations, our poet today used God as a source of unity for life and man, including woman. That is a poetic gesture of the highest and takes us on wings to the sky.
Bent? What is bent? The “world”? Bent not straight? Bent as in …. What is the category of bent things? Bending over backwards God loves mortals?
I think it is a word play on the horizon being "bent", the "bentness" of the world itself (broken and sinful), and the Holy Spirit "bending" over it in loving mercy.
Ah, my favorite poet ever, one who very possibly saved my life. When I taught my course in his life and work, I had the students present readings of his poetry at the end of the term. So they had to learn how to _hear_ it, and it made such a difference in their understanding and appreciation of it. Thanks for your discussion.
“bent but good”?
There is still the "deepest freshness"; the sun still rises -- the world is bent, but still is it God's creation with much good in it.
There seems to be a desire within people for a sense of unity. Some try via force of views or arms, others through rules and regulations, our poet today used God as a source of unity for life and man, including woman. That is a poetic gesture of the highest and takes us on wings to the sky.
I do prefer poem first! I can see what you’re talking about if I read it