Tarot – The Hanged Man

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It was tragedy
Of no use to anyone
At all

My father would go
To the jail and speak
alone with murderers

His was divination
Of the cards –
Insane or not insane

Those who saw faces
Terrible eyes
Blood omens

And those
Who
Did not

The fate of each
And every one
The same – to hang

Which ones
of them
By rope

 

 

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27 thoughts on “Tarot – The Hanged Man”

  3. The key in this is the ‘my father’ line – it makes the whole experience of the poem tangible, bringing the reader into the word with a jolt, much like the noose.
    (The Rorschach is a facinating little picture.)

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          1. The story line is perfect! This actually fits with what I’ve been teaching my Honors kiddos. We’ve read Those Winter Sundays (Hayden), Blood(Shihab Nye), & The Gift (Li-Young Lee) – poems that tell a story involving parent-child relationship, so I am really struck by what you wrote here. The pacing is fabulous!

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    1. Thanks for hanging in there!! I’m really unhappy with WP and the sound file. It seems to work for some people and not others. I see that most folks use SoundCloud for this, I had no idea it would be such a struggle!

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          1. Honestly, I don’t know. It probably has to do with my own circumstances: complicated parental relationships, my fascination with occult symbols, my brooding sense that we’re all guilty of something. Of course, that’s just why it resonates with me.

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