Jacob Wrestling With The Angel, Rembrandt (1659)

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A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard Till morning touching mountain And Jacob, waxing strong, The Angel begged permission To Breakfast – to return! Not so, said cunning Jacob! “I will not let thee go Except thou bless me” – Stranger! The which acceded to Light swung the silver fleeces “Peniel” Hills beyond, And the bewildered Gymnast Found he had worsted God!

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East of Jordan,
a gymnast and an angel wrestle
till morning, Jacob waxing strong.

The angel begged
permission to return;
Light swung the silver fleeces;

The bewildered gymnast found
he had worsted God

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An erasure poem of sorts for the NaPoWriMo Day 5 Prompt – Correcting or Re-breaking Dickinson; based on Emily Dickinson’s A Little East Of Jordan.