Many of us have had to wrestle with the notion of omnipresence, whether it comes from God, Santa Claus, or dead ancestors, it can be hard to live life with an audience.
All in Nonsense
Poem: Microwaving Wish
Just messing around with sounds in my head.
Poem: Aspirations
Based on all of me all of the time.
Poem: Performance
Based on a true violinist.
Poem: Purity
There are a few ways to refine.
Poem: The Greatest Among Us
Let me tell you about another man who had long hair and strange ideas.
Poem: WAFFLE GOD
Free breakfast was provided by the hotel. I wasn’t really offended. I just wanted to write a poem.
Poem: Funeral Question
The speaker wanted us to imagine what we would do if a doctor told us we had six-to-twelve weeks left to live, so I did.
Poem: Baron
Wrote this a few years back. Sharing it now.
Poem: A Test of Manliness
Can you imagine being so lost you think a Tate or Peterson makes sense?
Poem: A Call to Feed Sheep
The bumper sticker is fine, but you gotta feed the sheep.
Poem: Yelp
I started to wonder if most internet reviews could be viewed through a theological lens.
Poem: Too Cute
Based on a true cute.
Poem: Various Gods
Meditations on a line in a hymn.
Poem: Your Second Coming
Just about every Christian has expected Jesus to come back at just about any moment. He doesn’t. But maybe we do.
Poem: A Bump in Middle Age
Based on a true surgery in February. I just lost the poem until now.
Poem: Wednesday Night with a Tech Billionaire
I don’t know why I wrote this. Something about some of the men who live the largest being the most empty inside.
Poem: Commitment Issues
An ode to a natural man.
Poem: Religious Conviction
This came to mind when I thought about going to choir practice after church instead of pursuing some other activity in sweatpants.
Poem: Marriage/Pancakes
The wedding went a little long, which gave me some time to reflect.