John The Baptist (2022)
written by: Paula Puolakka
You told me that the pomegranate blossom only reminds you of
the 613 mitzvot,
and as the hermit son of the high priest,
you cannot walk with me.
I altered a part of the Song of Songs, telling you:
“Your lips are like a dead river bend;
your mouth is poisonous.”
You rolled your eyes and shook your head,
but you couldn’t find the words to scold me.
I left the flower on the rock, telling you:
tomorrow, the flower will be dead,
but – maybe – your heart will bloom
for a devotee, a poor woman like me.
Paula Puolakka (1982) passed her management level Service Design & Customer Service courses (the Finnish Institute for Enterprise Management) in March 2024 which makes the MA (History of Science and Ideas) / Writer / Beat Poet an Expert Theorist in Service Design & Customer Service and a Healing Communicator. In 2019, The Finnish Reserve Officers' Federation gave her an honorable mention, honoring the academic legacy of Mr. Ludwig Wittgenstein & Mr. Theodore John Kaczynski. In Dec 2020, the PhDs of Tampere University gave her appreciation: her academic article - celebrating her Master's thesis of 2012 and the academic legacy of Mr. Kaczynski & Mr. Wittgenstein - was published by Hybris. In 2021, Puolakka won the second prize in the "Lahti, the European Green Capital 2021" writing competition. Her story celebrated "Teddy." She also landed second in the writing contest monitored by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment. Her sixth book came out in 2022: the name of the "limited edition science-art Christmas gift" was "Banded Krait: the collection of the acclaimed Beat poems," including her award- and challenge-winning poems (2019-2022). A few of them were dedicated to Mr. Kaczynski & Mr. Wittgenstein. Her seventh book "613" – the "limited edition Chanukah gift" – came out in 2023.
Latest posts by Paula Puolakka (see all)
- Sunflower & AIR - April 11, 2024
- Her Heart’s Dying Ember - December 11, 2022
- John The Baptist - May 3, 2022
