Now we are going to write a poem inspired by Lucille Clifton’s “How Great Thou Art”
listen. You are beyond
even Your own understanding.
that ribandrain and clay
in all its pride,
its unsteady dominion,
is not what You believed
You were,
but it is what You are;
in Your own image as some
lexicographer supposed.
the face, both he and she,
the odd ambition, the desire
to reach beyond the starts
is You. all You, all You
the loneliness, the perfect
imperfection.
So now we will write a poem that begins “how great thou art” and take it wherever we want.
I just have to say, the poetry you’ve been posting through the blogathon has been really, really thought-provoking.
Wow! This poem was very uplifting and re-iterated (in a more eloquent way, -of-course) what I tell myself and others in time of need. Love it!