Amanuensis

by John RC Potter (January 2025)

Always present in the background,
more cast in shadow than in light;
praying at the glorious feet,
of one adored but newly found.
Ears listening for scattered knowledge,
with hands busily scribing away;
from the dark to the first light of day,
in the act of serving another.
There is a vision but, alas, no sight,
but see what the artist has created:
fine artwork due to the amanuensis,
illuminating always in the senses.

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John RC Potter is an international educator from Canada, living in Istanbul. He has experienced a revolution (Indonesia), air strikes (Israel), earthquakes (Turkey), boredom (UAE), and blinding snow blizzards (Canada), the last being the subject of his story, “Snowbound in the House of God” (Memoirist). Recent prose publications include “Letter from Istanbul” (The Montreal Review) & “A Day in May 1965” (Erato Magazine); recent poetry publications include “From Vaisler Brothers to Tel Aviv” (New English Review) & “Chiaroscuro” (Strangers and Karma Magazine). The author’s story, “Ruth’s World” (Fiction on the Web) was a Pushcart Prize nominee. His children’s book, The First Adventures of Walli and Magoo, is scheduled for publication.