PATSY
READS
I AM THE ARTIST:
Look! Look up!
You can see Christ
on a Green Map of England
In the middle
I put Saint George
And at George's feet
A splendid green-headed dragon
With Golden scales
The colour of corn
The colour of the sunlight
That streams through my window
I have never seen
a stained glass window
I didn't love.
Look!
Even the dragon is beautiful
STEVE READS:
I AM THE DRAGON
From the beginnings of time
My reptile frame goes from place to place
I enter early realms to feast
Upon the living for they are
My salvation. Saint George and
I have fought many times
Brushing and cutting my hide
EPPIE READS:
I AM THE VIRGIN PRINCESS
I am the Virgin Princess,
So young, so beautiful,
my flowing wavy hair, slim figure,
very charming eyes,
blue as the cloak of the Virgin Mary,
But one day
while walking by the river
suddenly came the fierce Dragon
to attack me
So Scared, don’t know where to go,
crying for my mother
Help! Help! Help!
NAHAR READS:
I AM THE MOTHER
I am the Mother of the Virgin Princess.
The best gift of God to me was my daughter.
When iIsaw the dragon
The ugly, vicious, smelly dragon,
My heartbeat increased
I could not breath for the foul smell
for the smoke
And I prayed for Saint George
to save my daughter
ISLAM READS:
I AM SAINT GEORGE
I am Saint George
The Patron Saint of England
Who killed the Dragon and
Saved the Virgin Princess
In front of her parents
If I could not fight off the Dragon
There would not be any more England!
When I saw the Dragon
All my blood was boiling
Out of anger and revenge
I pierced its ugly vicious skin
and yellow eyes,
slashing, screaming
to stop the fire
I Killed the Dragon
the Eternal Demon of England
Because of my very Christian Faith.
STEVE READS:
THE END OF THE DRAGON
His silver armour and sharp sword
Drain my yellow blood to the ground
His sharp sword fouls me in one
Sharp stroke sending me back
Into infinity, his blond hair
And silver armour forever hurt me
As I die forever.
SHELAGH READS:
I AM THE LIGHT
Listen to me.
Jesus is Love.
All things that have been done
in my name
--in the name of Christ--
are not always the things I would have done.
Humans do not truly understand
The Ways of The Lord
They wish to destroy
As did the dragon
I tell you again:
Jesus is Love.
Thou Shalt Not Kill.
Follow my example.
PATSY READS:
I AM MARGARET ROPE:
This is my window
Made for the men and boys
Of Saint Augustine's Church
Jesus on high
Saint George
and the Dragon
And at the bottom, looking up,
Two Priests
And four choir boys
Freshly scrubbed.
all holding candles.
I know these boys.
You know them too.
They are looking at the dragon,
And the sword.
Each one dreaming
He is Saint George.
To see M.E.A. Rope's Saint George
stained glass window in The Crypt
(warning, very large file)
with Tatiana's notes, click here |
