Negative Capability

Michael Peach

John Keats’ "negative capability",
Though coined for the worship of beauty, better applies
To faith in a God one can scarcely begin to fathom.

Jerusalem
23 December 1995

Without that Muse who once did him inspire, When he

Palistrael, the Anima and Soul Could Armageddon thwart And men

Some thirteen years ago a hell-bent horde Of bearded Yankee

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me: Israel’s America’s

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me:Israel’s America’s sacred

Because King Donald the Election won,The Tenth Crusade has finally