Two Poems

Authors

James Bishop

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Description

God,

Who created the dimpled planets,
who created my own cracked ass,
who numbers the hairs on my head,
who watched the liquid earth pass

below Port-au-Prince,
who sat drumming to the hum of the cherubim
while a city collapsed.

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

prayer narrative

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Religion

Comments

"Two Poems" was originally published at On Earth As It Is.

Image by Matthew Simmons.

Recommended Citation

Bishop, James, "Two Poems" (2011). On Earth As It Is. 2.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/2