A poem I wrote many years ago:
Dantean Eyes
This is the splendour of Christ
To see each other as I see him –
angel in canvas shoes
Apollo with a fag in his mouth
a god walking
a fool and a violent man
a god walking
another woman’s lover
a god walking
a man at a factory bench
a god in a public bar:
to know his dull humanity, and still
to see in every turn of his head
every muscle in his arm
every line of his back
my lovely lad
a god walking
Marion Pitman 1985
Yes, I think I’ve seen this before – and I like it. A certain debt to Hopkins of course, which may be why I like it, as I’m a Hopkins fan.
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thanks – I knew there were echoes of something, hadn’t realised it was Hopkins