Since I have rarely read poems written from Peter's point of view, I think that this one is particularly refreshing. I can imagine Peter as confused and frightened, yet he turns out to be loyal till his end.

At first, I thought this was going to be a quasi-parados take-off, but it wasn't and I was completely wrong.
I like your take on the Easter story. :) This was, as usual, very good, but... is this in blank verse? I thought it was, but I wasn't sure. I was trying to find the words that rhymed, only to find that there really wasn't any. :P In any case, blank verse is appropriate here--joy is normally unstructured and uncontained.
Aw... well, alright (this was my reaction to the slow updates). ;)
Keep up the good work.

Sarcastic Presence

I like how the sentence structure is broken and fragmented until the last two lines--it kind of shows the abruptness of his end, but then how life begins again: "Would be the place/Where faith begins."
Maybe I'm just hallucinating again. :)
Either way, I like this poem, but one rhyme seemed... cliche? It matters not, really, but life/strife seems a little done... but I should not be talking, because I've used it myself. :P
Yay! There's another poem here! I'll go and read it now!

I really liked the last lines, "The tomb, a place of grief and ends would be the place where faith begins."
Amazing wording-to think that such a dark and dismal place would be the very place that God chose to bring hope and faith and belief.
Very awesome. I can NOT wait until The Resurrection!

-Irony

hey--
very good, as always. Sorry, my head is spinning (or so it feels like), so I can't really think about anything to say. I look forward to your next one!

Presence

All right. This was an absolutely amazing set of poems. You remind me of one of my favorite authors, who believes in Jesus, but is still searching and discovering, and writing about it in his works on FictionPress.
I really enjoyed this, and I know I'll enjoy the chapters to come because I know, as a Christian, that there's hope coming!!

You have a wonderful way with words in your poems, and it's rather intriguing. Keep up the amazing work.

-Irony

Okay, I really enjoyed this poem, because there's a verse in...Matthew, I think that says "the stones will cry out to Him...", and this reminded me of it. It reminds me of the fact that even His creation knows who He is, and yet we STILL deny Him and defy Him and doubt Him. Unfathomable, huh?

-Irony

"And so, no spite nor hatred nailed Jesus to the cross. Indifference alone drove the nails into his wrists. For a people
yet indifferent to his mission, it was just another day."

That was an amazing line.
-Irony

I think this is the best poem out of the whole bunch. This was really amazing and awesome. OF course, it helps that I'm listening to a song that goes very well with it.
Great work, and I can't wait to finish it.

-Irony

Grant me ears to hear,
Lest I forget Gethsemane.

Those were my favorite lines so far. I'm enjoying this, and I'm going to continue reading, but I just thought I'd say what an impact those words had in the poem and how the wrapped up the poem really well. Good work as a writer.

-Irony

What a unique and orginal idea, Orual. I can't wait to read the rest in the series!

~Scottie

That poem really touched me. First off, good format--shape of a cross. Also, deeper meaning--Jesus was the Word, and He was crucified, so how appropriate that the cross was made of words.
I love how you say the tree would have rejoiced, but it is dead, so it doesn't even know. That's so tragic.

"But that tree could not
Know, and as the sky
Grew dark, obviously,
The people didn’t, either"

Powerful.

So true. Apathy has a great effect on the world, and it is probably a greater force on this world than hatred. How sad.

Good poem: it reminds me very slightly of a child's tale I read when I was very small. It was something about three trees and how they were related to Christ's story.

So beautiful a poem. I feel exactly the same way.
I'm not leaving a long review because I'm in school and should be doing a packet on Kafka's Metamorphosis (but I can procrastinate until Wednesday to do that ;) )
Can't wait to see your next one!

Presence