Category Archives: Religion



Incentivize—The Verb

That nit-picking Paul’s epistle to Tim,
Two thousand years ago, made it quite plain.
But, despite camels and needles’ eyes, grim
Greed rules, grinds grist, remains compassion’s bane.
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Posted in Greed, Religion

The Vatican Rag

Some headlines grab you by the throat,
Some by more primal parts.
But this one knocked me for a loop—
(Brash theocratic arts). Continue reading →

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Happy Poem

Relatively few were killed today
In Sudan, Iraq, Kenya, and Chad.
Even Pakistan was mostly calm.
Bright sun, warm air, pert women—not bad Continue reading →

Posted in Illusion, Politics, Religion

Thanksgiving

Thanking is complex, reflecting, often,
What didn’t happen as much as what did.
Dad fled Poland, escaped Nazi coffins,
(But not to Somalia, dank, fetid Continue reading →

Posted in Illusion, Religion

Trust?

Earnest Christians,
Afflicting this Shining Nation on a Hill,
Want to adorn every schoolroom
With a bold slogan
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Oh Yeah? Then What? (an Unholy Sonnet)

Jeez John, the older you got the more you
Worried about our universal end.
Your flamboyant youth, no doubt, contended
With your late found piety; your soul’s hue Continue reading →

Posted in Religion