Tag Archives: god

in my pocket (singles)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

so much of what’s wrong is folded in my pocket immediate, temporal meat for the one who swallows the many and stays hungry we used to feed him children that is not what was meant by the words in the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged god, greed, idols, money, poetry, printed on money, sacrifice, singles | 10 Comments

Nineveh

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

what I have to say is old standing in a new place risen over temples to broken gods we don’t know but what is stone waits under sand blown through it for four thousand years the names whispered in the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged archaeology, cuneiform, faith, god, myth, Nineveh, Uruk | 10 Comments

killing god

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

God is easy when we use Him to explain what’s wrong here we love putting words in His mouth to suit our politics and explain prejudice but if He spoke, just spoke to us about how we are the problem … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged Apologetics, Christ, christianity, Connecticut, Existence of God, god, poetry, Religion and Spirituality | 20 Comments

apocalypse poem #7–terminus

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there are a million small deaths waiting– one for each of us predicted, certain each end as real as every beginning if this world does fall further past gravity’s tumble we do not need to reach ashes before our rise & … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse | Tagged Alternative, Apocalypse, ending, god, microcosm, physics, poetry | 25 Comments

i read job to be reminded

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

it is not God i should accuse but us we were not there when You laid the foundation when You set the cornerstone we are flawed with our cracked clay feet unfit for keeping. fallen. i read Job to understand awe we … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse, Religion and Spirituality | Tagged Bible, christianity, evil, god, Great Architect of the Universe, humanity, questions | 40 Comments

the physical properties of desire

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

the sigh that drives everything desire is simply desire & here we reach for each other, welcoming our bridge of words and silence mirroring the draw between atoms echoing the loneliness of God for Adam the want of earth to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in desire, New Free Verse, Solar System | Tagged Adam, Astronomy, earth, god, moon, Planets, poetry, sun | 31 Comments

testimony

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

she spins and balances on something so slim as if it is air and not substance lifting her up under the weight of all those eyes those eyes not seeing practiced strength powering her rehearsed flights over and on that … Continue reading →

Posted in New Free Verse, Religion and Spirituality | Tagged christianity, Gabby, god, olympics, prayer, Proprioception | 16 Comments