I am delighted to have permission from writer Garry Kilworth to publish his unusual poem of reflection on Good Friday
When trees can talk
they will tell how
brutal hands
cut down their tall
prophet
from a sentient slope
-
they will speak of
pagan tools
that scissored away
the gold-green arms
from the holy son of
the forest
and how the
bark-robed trunk was
split and crossed -
they will tell
patient judges
how their lord was
dragged
through jeering
crowds, and crucified
against the body of a man.
You can find a profile of Garry at the end of his poem ‘Body Language’ posted earlier on this blog Click Here
This poem is also included in the Lent, Holy Week and Easter collection on this blog which can be accessed HERE
against the body of a man.
You can find a profile of Garry at the end of his poem ‘Body Language’ posted earlier on this blog Click Here
This poem is also included in the Lent, Holy Week and Easter collection on this blog which can be accessed HERE