Michael Shepherd God Poems

Imagine - if you'll
pardon that phrase addressed
to poets, of all people -
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In thy dear image and thy likeness, Lord,
are we as human made, your servant tells;
how then to know ourselves, in this new sight,
and where to look, to see our godly selves?
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Yes, we get blasé and dismissive on this site –
reading in the reams of Poemhunter posts
‘yet another poem of teenage angst’,
we say, scanning the raw wounds
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In case you were on holiday, this nice sunny weather,
(and may I say, what a great idea the Sun is?)
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The cry goes up…
making atheists out of believers,
believers out of atheists…
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The famous Poet Laureate
of North Dakota State
has been suspended on full pay
just because one merry day
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...so the next week
I thought, why not bring
these rather fine elements together
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God, say those who learn of Him,
Is eager to be our teacher…

who would love to sit quietly beside us,
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‘And now, ladies and gentlemen,
above you – ladies, it’s easier with
the mirror from your purse…
Monsieur, Signor, Mein Herr…
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Never say it is not God.
Hafiz said that, lived it.

And that’s all really:
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What are you looking at, this moment? ..
You can answer this question?
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I’m wondering –
with, I trust, due circumspection
with respect to these holy, mighty matters
yet with the open mind
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I’m on night shift at the moment so
I miss the local news. But
I take the dog up the hill, there’s
usually something going on.
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Every child has known God:
not a God of names, or shapes;
not a God of do’s and don’ts;
not a God of alarming things;
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Today

the heavens opened
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Knock at door.
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I prayed to understand
God’s two-ness:
God within me said,
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Why, O dearest to Myself,
do you try to hard to run away from God?
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