Ad Populum: a reverse nonet

Gary Edward Geraci

A

devils

power is

overstated,

profligate rulers

using lore to control

licentious “love” and longings;

unabated attempts to bind;

malign all that we truly worship.

 

- Gary Edward Geraci

  • Author: Gary Edward Geraci (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 14th, 2018 07:00
  • Comment from author about the poem: The poem is both acrostic (the first letter of each line, taken together, spells something, in this case: “ad populum”) and a reverse nonet, each line containing one more syllable than the last line until nine syllables are reached in the final line. I thought the reversal of the traditional nonet, starting with the nine syllable line and ending with one syllable in the last line, makes a stark symbol of how the play of evil, very subtly, works in the opposite direction or “reverse” of the truth. An “ad populum” is a false argument (everyone is doing it so it must be the truth). What is the devil good at but making false arguments! The great deceiver would have you believe that our current culture’s fixation with sex is overplayed, especially by religious institutions with their “antiquated lore of morals and judgements”.
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments2

  • orchidee

    A fine write Gary.

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    Thanks for the Reverse Nonet GARY 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 syllables as the Poem progresses makes for easy reading ! A normal Nonet is 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 ! I might try one or a double to make a DIAMOND ! I like the subject. We must protect our FREEDOM ~ especially our FREEDOM to WORSHIP @ all costs ! Please check my JELLICO POEM also my FUSION on ARTISTS ! Yours BRIAN

    • Gary Edward Geraci

      Right on the money Brian and thanks for making the distinction. I’m actually playing the reverse along with the acrostic spelling of “Ad Populum” to bring attention to the very subtle and nearly imperceptible methods the devil, the great deceiver, employs to manifest the evil in this world, without question, in full view of believer and non-believer alike.



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