Jonetsu (The Passion) Poem by Romella Kitchens

Jonetsu (The Passion)

There is this Japanese cross stitch.
The art looks ancient.
It is of a gigantic curling wave on the ocean.
As I look at it, the head
of a lost demigod forms
there at its very crest
or maybe forbidden lovers
tangled passionately in
the consent of the libidinous waves.

I am certain the wave
folded and the lovers
had to part and go home --
each to the person they had married.

Romella Kitchens
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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The painting is about the weakness of man and the power of nature. There are fisherman on in boats in he painting in an unmerciful situation. Against nature and our own nature without the capability to avoid certain situations man at a loss. The fishermen are so close to death, so close to life.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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