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The Ascension, by Davidson Garrett

12/31/2019

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The Ascension, by Giotto di Bondone (Italy) 1304


The Ascension                       

As he said this, he was lifted up while they looked on, 
and a cloud took him from their sight...  

The Acts of the Apostles: 1:9
  
Into ashen sky
I rise upward
bright as sunshine

dazzling from afar;
scarred body of flesh
evanesces, becoming
 
sparking mist
illuminating cloud cover.
My mystical farewell
 
overwhelms minds
of devoted acolytes--
faithful followers
 
deciphering their heart’s
ineffable stirrings.
A phantasmagoric
 
metaphysical shift,
witnessed in awe
by truth seekers
 
unable to fully comprehend
my final transformation
from man to eternal spirit.
                          
Davidson Garrett


Davidson Garrett is a native of Louisiana and lives in New York City. He trained for the theatre at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated from The City College of New York. He is a member of Actors Equity and SAG/AFTRA and worked in television, film, and theatre for many years. His poetry has been published in The New York Times, The Episcopal New Yorker, Sensations Magazine, First Literary Review East, Xavier Review from New Orleans, and in Podium: the online literary journal of the 92nd Street Y. Davidson is the author of the poetry collection, King Lear of the Taxi, and the chapbook, What Happened To The Man Who Taught Me Beowulf? Recent work includes poems in the anthology, Stonewall's Legacy, published by Local Gems Press. He was the curator for the Boog City Poets Theater in 2016, and 2018, in New York's East Village. 
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fdgnyc@aol.com link
12/31/2019 07:57:26 am

Many thanks Lorette and The Ekphrastic Review for publishing my poem today. HappyNew Year!

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Will Traylor
12/31/2019 09:30:02 am

Inspiring; uplifting; thought provoking.

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Michael La Bombarda
12/31/2019 11:03:06 am

The excellent diction and description leave me in awe of Garret as well
as being partly inspired by the subject, though my belief wavers, though is strengthened by exmples such as this one.

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Richard Olson
1/17/2020 08:59:56 am

Great! I was struck by the revelation of Christ’s personal perspective on what was happening.

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