Celibate Dazzled

The First poem I read was “What Celibacy Is”. My impression of this poem was that not all the priests, or others called to Celibacy (in the future I will only refer to priests to save time), are happy about taking a vow of celibacy. In the first stanza, and moving into the

second, he is talking about how this could be too much for him, but “pay it anyway.” The poem goes on to say that “some heroic souls, though few, accept such terms without complaint”. He’s saying some are so full of God that it doesn’t matter what they do, or what they forsake, they will always be happy, but for him it will be hard to do.

The third poem I read was Celibate Dazzled. I am not sure the first impression I got from this poem, I had to read it a couple of times. Then after I thought about it for a while it seems to talk about never wanting this (celibacy) or expecting it. Moreover, that in spite the Celibacy, which governs his life, he still sees beauty. “I stammer something like “oh,” or “My God!” as, politely, the crowd divides.” He seems so taken aback, even surprised with himself. The poem then flashes back to his childhood days at the lake, and how aw struck he was by the appearance of his councilor, as if he never thought he could ever belike that.

The second poem I read was “On Showing off Your Seventee

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