Rebirth Motif
John B. Flannagan, 1937. Jonah and the Whale: Rebirth Motif. Bluestone with wood base. 33.5 × 11.25 × 6 inches. Brooklyn Museum, NY.
By Brittany Deininger
Jonah and the Whale: Rebirth Motif, John B. Flannagan, c. 1937
The mind is easily convinced, this is how you go—
devoured, wrapped in weeds, curled in on the self,
knees hinged in the blood-thick belly of the deep.
Prepare yourself.
Any minute now.
Brittany Deininger is a poet, feminist theologian, and educator. She received an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and an MATC from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Her work has appeared in On Being, EcoTheo Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Metphrastics, Pensive and elsewhere. She lives in New York.
