Sarah Scott’s poems have appeared in journals such as Landfall, Turbine | Kapohau and Fresh Ink. She is interested in the connections between visual art and poetry and recently curated the Poetry Lightbox Series in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, where she lives with her husband and two sons.
Sarah comments: 'I wrote this poem at Easter, and I remember it was like a puzzle, working the strange, archaic "meal" words I had found through the colourful imagery of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and its implied biblical narrative.
I love the idea that the past can be experienced as the present, and I wanted to speak to the spiritual aspects of the subject matter through my thoughts about relationships in the here and now. The possibility that our mistakes and missteps don’t diminish us, but are part of whatever it means to be human, appeals to me. I like to think this is a hopeful poem that explores the bright and sometimes difficult terrain of failure, forgiveness and fresh starts.'