References.
(thoughts after watching a short piece of an old silent movie version of ‘The Tempest’)
Shakepeare references the bible.
Creation music drips over the stage
raining streaks down the film.
The action, an incantation,
releases doves
in reverse Noah
from land to sky.
In the distance
the unforgiving sea
swallows it’s prey
like Jonah’s fish.
We watch
awaiting death
like voyeurs
at the crucifixion.
Will there be
a resurrection
on the next reel ?
*its prey, Bible. Powerful poem, Keith.