Utterance: a poem by Jane Blanchard

"Jonah Under His Gourd," by Maarten van Heemskerck, 1561.

Utterance

(after "Jonah Under His Gourd" by

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1561)

Thy will be done, O Lord, I pray,

Since Thou art God, the only One,

And who am I to disobey?

Thy will be done.

With vine or worm, each with its run,

Thy might is rightly on display,

And I must trust in shade or sun.

Whatever Thou shalt do or stay,

Thy plan is not for man to shun;

On this and any other day,

Thy will be done.

Jane Blanchard of Augusta, Georgia, enjoys looking at art and writing about art.

Her collections include Furthermore (2025) and Phenomena (forthcoming 2026).

(April 2026 issue)