Thorn (2022) Jane Greer

Question 1

I walked and sailed ten thousand miles

Answer 1

for love. I left no road untrod,

Question 2

no sea unsuffered: all for God

Answer 2

(a fisherman I’m not). My trials

Question 3

are documented: prison, prison,

Answer 3

shipwrecks, prison, Nero. My deeds

Question 4

as well—churches, converts: seeds

Answer 4

broadcast to honor Christ Arisen.

Question 5

And that was then and this is now,

Answer 5

but then and now are the same feast

Question 6

(where least is greatest, greatest least)

Answer 6

and is and was are moot somehow.

Question 7

Jesus loves me, this I know,

Answer 7

Forgave me at Creation—yet

Question 8

I cannot manage to forget

Answer 8

cloaks at my feet, a stone’s throw.