[stylist] For what it's worth: Poetic prose post

[William L Houts]

HI Bridgit,

I read this piece with great interest. You are a gifted writer, and use 
Pagan and Christian symbolism to great effect.  I have to say, though, 
that I disagree with your metaphysics, though I used to keep them 
wholeheartedly.  I've been both a real pentacle-wearing Pagan and a 
Catholic, which I stiill am in many ways.  But the ancient notions of 
blood sacrifice seem to fill me with nausea nowadays, so I'm admitting 
here that I'm not really your ideal reader LOL. However that may be, I 
see you as a sophisticated artist working with ancient tropes in order 
to make sense of profound personal grief, and that's a worthy project. 
Thank you so much for sharing the record of such deep material.


--Bill






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Author's note: I would consider this poetic prose, meaning it has a 
poetic lyricism about it, but is structured as prose. It does not hold 
to any poetic forms. This is nonfiction, though very much an internal 
dialogue with hints of scenes, or actions. It's about the joy of finding 
out you're pregnant but afraid to be overly joyful about it. In the end, 
there's a miscarriage, the sacrifice required. I briefly use some pagan 
and Christian symbolism. This is a much more emotive piece. I see it 
loosely relating to the archeology thread as blood is required as a 
sacrifice to the earth, that blood is needed for life, and I was called 
upon to make that sacrifice, hence some of the pagan symbolism, smile. 
It also has strong allusions to Christian symbolism too, though 
Christian and pagan symbolism agree a lot more than most want to admit, 
grin. Bridgit P _______________________________________________ Writers 
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