"Does Somebody look bored, / His thoughts vacant as plaster, with being year / After bleeding year, our immobile word?"
— Scott, Peter Dale (b. January 11, 1929)
Work Title
Date
December, 1954
Metaphor
"Does Somebody look bored, / His thoughts vacant as plaster, with being year / After bleeding year, our immobile word?"
Metaphor in Context
That is not artful, and quickly fades. While here
Christ is Here, his mouth too full for a whisper
To cry to his mother. Does Somebody look bored,
His thoughts vacant as plaster, with being year
After bleeding year, our immobile word?
His fingers hand, almost as it
Unwilling to move, as if touching for Him were unimportant
In any world: even this, dispassionate, where
Mine eyes have seen the artist's signature.
Christ is Here, his mouth too full for a whisper
To cry to his mother. Does Somebody look bored,
His thoughts vacant as plaster, with being year
After bleeding year, our immobile word?
His fingers hand, almost as it
Unwilling to move, as if touching for Him were unimportant
In any world: even this, dispassionate, where
Mine eyes have seen the artist's signature.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Peter Dale Scott, "Cathedral Crèche," Poetry 85:3 (December, 1954). <Link to www.poetryfoundation.org>
Date of Entry
03/10/2018
