God Is
God is—
the first poem made
stars in black holes
fault lines redrawn
God is—
the space after goodbye
a memory's chip
a will to be done
God is—
an idea
a question
an article of faith
God is—
a sign in ash
a repeating petition
a doubt removed
God is—
a looking for
a running behind
an end to no hope found
God is—
father
son and
holy ghost
God is—
the last poem ever made
Copyright © 2010 Maureen E. Doallas. All Rights Reserved.
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This morning, Christine Valters Paintner of Abbey of the Arts wrote of and shared her contribution to the "first ever" Theoblogger Challenge at Patheos to write in 100 or fewer words an answer to the question "Who or What is God?" Christine, whose own response is here, invited her readers to write their own reflections and to post a link in her comment box, at the Patheos site, or on their own blogs. I decided to accept Christine's invitation, and after a few moments of quiet, the response above emerged.
How would you give voice to the Theoblogger Challenge? Offer your answer in my comment box and then visit the Patheos Public Square, where the topic for the week is "Gods and Goddesses".
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10 comments:
God is...the first thought that creates a poem. Beautiful, Maureen.
Oh, that is SO good! I love that.
We went out to dinner last night. It's strange, but both my husband and I noticed lots of folks with ash on their foreheads. I'm wondering if there are more people who are not ashamed of their faith, or that we are just paying more attention.
Arrived from the Abbey. Beautiful poem!
So beautiful Maureen, "stars in black holes" and "a sign in ash" are really moving to me today.
Alpha and omega poetry. :) Lovely and lovely design
This is amazing. Wonderful words.
Thank you for filling my head today. It feels nice.
powerful ... thank you
So fast. :) Just popped into Abbey of the Arts a few minutes ago...
as Kathleen said... beginning and end, a resting place
Yes-that's it:"the space after goodbye". God is not what isn't.
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