The Tenant — by Dr. Theresa Cunanan, Division of Arts and Languages

Keywords: Poetry, Shakespeare, tenant, insurrection, anger, struggle, forgiveness, compassion

Accepted: June 13, 2026; Online first: June 18, 2026; Published: July 13, 2026 (TBC)

The tenant in their living temple
Speaks like an angel, apprehends like a god
And yet they are but a quintessence of dust
Always readied for the unpreparedness of

A hideous dream like the insurrection of Brutus.
The tenant lives thrives on baseness and sensuality
Without corrigible authority will plant nettles.
I (did that a long time) ago.

Luke 15:20-24
To squander trust and still be restored to greatness
Unfathomable is this Gentile doctor who speaks of
A tenant who was wasteful but is forgiven harbored

In his Father’s house is also John the Baptist.
The inner circle of the original sinners are
Tenants of the Garden of Gethsemane
Who will all go unto the same place.