Poets United Midweek Motif ~ January Seventh

"And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, 

there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour"

Revelation 8:1

“Creation's probably overrated. 

After all, God made the world in only six days 

and rested on the seventh.” 
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

 Midweek Motif ~ 

Seventh

Happy New Year!

Sevenths in music or math
     Seventh of January
          Seventh chord
               Seventh son
                    Seventh day
                         Seventh planet
                              Seventh heaven
                                   Seventh Seal
                    Any seventh at all


Your challenge for the 7th of January is to write a poem centered on Sevenths.

seventh heaven

BY PATTI SMITH

Oh Raphael. Guardian angel. In love and crime

all things move in sevens. seven compartments

in the heart. the seven elaborate temptations.

seven devils cast from Mary Magdalene whore

of Christ. the seven marvelous voyages of Sinbad.

sin/bad. And the number seven branded forever

on the forehead of Cain. The first inspired man.

The father of desire and murder. But his was not

the first ecstasy. Consider his mother.

. . . .  

(Read the rest HERE at the Poetry Foundation.  Be warned: obscenity.)

7th Game  :  1960 Series

BY PAUL BLACKBURN

—for Joel—

Nice day,

sweet October afternoon

Men walk the sun-shot avenues,

                                                     Second, Third, eyes

                                                     intent elsewhere

ears communing with transistors in shirt pockets

                                    Bars are full, quiet,

discussion during commercials

                                                      only

Pirates lead New York 4-1, top of the 6th, 2

Yankees on base,    1 man out

. . . . 

 (read the rest HERE at the Poetry Foundation.)

For those who are new to Poets United:  

1. Post your new music poem on your site, and then link it here.
2. If you use a picture include its link.  
3. Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
4. Leave a comment here.
5. Visit and comment on our poems.

(Our next Midweek Motif is Birthdays--famous, infamous, or un-birthdays.)

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