{"id":7254,"date":"2025-06-10T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:01:50","slug":"poem-marriage-of-a-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/poem-marriage-of-a-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Marriage of a Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is an ekphratic poem (a poem written about a piece of art) of one of my favorite\u00a0 funny\/ironic paintings at the Toledo Museum of Art. The painting is titled, “The Marriage of a Saint.” It looks like a shotgun wedding to me. A lass, perhaps the pregnant bride may have been knock up by another and the groom is a “saint” for marrying her. Maybe the saint of a groom took a vow of celibacy yet still wanted a kid. Who knows…<\/p>\n

\"Marriage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marriage of a Saint<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps godliness lies
\nIn a clerical air
\nOf hands tied
\nWith the debauched
\nPotbellied
\nOr merely balding
\nBride
\nKidding herself with some ab solution
\nRipe to be holy groomed
\nCelibating the reputation of a man chaste
\nConceivably the quickest rout for true north
\nOr southern hospitality for a marred women
\nPulling out aplomb at a wedding
\nShotgun aimed at one’s foot
\nAs unquestion ably the bell tolling for thee
\nAs a tone meant
\nFore whatever maybe
\nSpousing beliefs
\nIn awe that is maid flesh
\nIs for you too divine<\/p>\n

For more info on the painting, see: https:\/\/emuseum.toledomuseum.org\/objects\/55180<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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