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Jesus Wept
Today’s poem was written in response to a charcoal drawing that artist Hannah Pabón created as a part of a community art project curated by the Almond Tree Artist Collective’s exhibit “Another Way of Seeing.”
Hannah’s painting, “He Wept” is a tableau drawn from the many pictures that filled the media following the invasion of the Ukraine in February of 2022. Her response to the news of the invasion and the images of those suffering reminded her of Jesus weeping before the tomb of Lazarus. The tears of Jesus and the tears of those grieving over their loss and suffering at the hands of others…
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