*from The Stone Cut Poem by Lillian Susan Thomas

*from The Stone Cut

Rating: 3.3


We are the lithograph of God's Image -
Each a numbered edition
From the stone cut.
Some copies turn out faint,
Mere brush strokes on heavy matte -
Wisps of the eternal
Then gone too soon.
Others have depth,
And shadowy after-images
Where the artist rolled over and back,
Over and back,
Until satisfied that the ridges and trenches,
angles and curves
Of this bas-relief of God's Being
Are stamped into paper faithfully.
Some imprints are so deeply etched in skin and bones,
That even entrails and hearts
have been bruised.
These are the saints, the prophets -
The lamed-vavniks -
Who hold up all the world
On their shoulders.

We are the silkscreen of God's Image -
Our bodies, the bolt of silk;
Our blood, the ink pressed upon it;
Our hardships, the roller
That pushes color through the fabric.
The harder the life
The more the Image comes through!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ency Bearis 17 July 2009

a very nice abstract picturesque painted in words nicely presented...10

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Obed Souza 18 July 2009

Wonderful! 10! Would you please read ' Inspiration' and Living Poetry we Live by' Nice doing!

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Zeinab Sherif 20 July 2009

awesome really i liked it.

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Sonya Florentino 20 July 2009

another killer, I've done some printmaking in school and this truly resonates with me....and I know, you never get a perfect copy!

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Paul Hansford 23 July 2009

Another exquisitely maintained extended metaphor (or even two) from Lillian. Every detail seems completely appropriate, and beautifully expressed.

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Yelena M. 27 August 2009

'The harder the life The more the Image comes through! ..' True, indeed..A perfext silkscreen of God's Image in words is your poem, Lillian..Thanks for sharing. Yelena M.

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Saadat Tahir 28 July 2009

with a chisel in hand you walked around a masterpiece of..... michael angelo great reflective line....full of life and meaning cheers

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Stunning work, young lady, indeed. Your stellar employment of subtle metaphoric tease, and effulgent imagery, highlight this quality pen-gem...Solid Crafting. FjR

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Hebert Logerie Sr. 26 July 2009

Highly inspirational, we are the images of God under different lenses.

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Susan Jarvis 25 July 2009

A truly beautiful and perfect example of an adeptly crafted extended metaphor - I especially like the silkscreen and hard life analogy. S :)

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