concrete god
December 26, 2006
Is God not concrete
enough for you?
Do you need more
than knowing?
Do you need
tricks and promises?
experts and channellers?
pomp and ceremony?
the fear of hell?
the moon! is your logo…not McDonald’s
December 26, 2006
there is no place
quite like the other
each valley
each plain
each mountain
each plateau
each
with its own
land forms
life forms
weather
and light
encased in a shared
halo of air
we are binding this earth in asphalt.
binding
and branding
we block the night sky
with our signs.
from
above
we look
like fire
Did you get your PlayStation3 yet?
December 23, 2006
Photo by Mike Wells – Uganda (1980)
If you want to love Jesus
December 22, 2006
He looks like this:
Not this:
“oh, you see, god requires this” said the holy man
December 22, 2006
beggars wear the rags
holy men wear fine robes –
money well spent
nature’s way perceived as duplicity
December 21, 2006
Missing Him
December 21, 2006
Let’s work backwards:
First, I will miss him just sitting in his chair
content to smile as if he had no needs –
connected by spirit, happy to be.
I will miss the shuffle of his brave feet
planting the walker ahead like an ice axe;
climbing mountains we could not see.
I will miss him presiding above the fondue
a sorcerer in the candle light,
stirring up batches of yuletide glee.
I will miss him saying grace at the helm
from which he would love, work, and lead
a life of no regret – a life of family.
This is a re-post of a poem I wrote last Christmas about my father in law who had just passed away that October. A poem about the night he died is here:The night Joe left
A Christmas Message To President Bush
December 20, 2006
A Christmas Message From President Bush:
December 19, 2006
courage
December 18, 2006
it is easier
to be told the truth
than to be part of it
qazse 