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On Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul () in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome nec spe, nec metu For Thom Gunn Darkness and light define here one another. Not Saul, nor yet St. Paul, he sprawls between— Eyes shut, arms open, feeling but not yet seeing, Wanting but not yet having what may follow. Ambiguous interval. Here one might linger, Not fearing and not hoping—would it stay! But time and death are real. Light wanes or grows To an extreme. You knew and raged. And hoped— Painting as saints the sinners Christ loved best.  You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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