In this Found Poem our poet Alwyn Marriage has taken the words of the Spanish Carmelite friar St John of the Cross (1542–1591) and has woven them into poetic form. It is Day 684 of the daily poems.
Nothing more, nothing less
When the evening
of this life comes
when?
when?
when the evening
of this life
finally comes
we shall be judged
when evening comes
we shall be
judged
in that evening
judged
on that life
judged
on love
we shall be judged
in that evening
on love
alone
Alwyn Marriage
When the evening of this life comes we shall be judged on love alone –
St John of the Cross