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August 2020

August 10, 2020

The Clown (A Poem About God)

God, are you such a clown That you’re also the snake We have always feared...

June 2020

June 06, 2020

Thugs (A Poem About Men In Uniform Who Shove The Elderly)

They’re doing what They’re supposed to do; The Bible even says that The role of...

June 05, 2020

I Want You To Get It

I don’t want you To be canceled; I want you to get it. And nobody...

June 02, 2020

All Poetry Is God-Breathed

All poetry is God-breathed And useful for divine teaching Not because the words are Right...

June 01, 2020

Star-Spangled Virus (A Poem About America)

America, when will you stop Punching yourself in the face? Are we really going to...

May 2020

May 11, 2020

The Light That Will Not Be Seized

[This is a poem about reinterpreting the Genesis 3 Garden of Eden story and how...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

Gardening Alone (A Poem About Making Beats)

I’m gardening alone In my headphones And I get to create An entire universe from...

April 25, 2020

The Elves (A Poem About Poets, Especially Autistic Ones)

We are elves on a secret mission; Our mother has anointed us with dew That...

April 23, 2020

Canyon (A Poem About Discipline)

I can choose which way My river flows. Not every song Obliges me; Not every...

April 21, 2020

Pachamama (On Flirting With An Andean Goddess)

I met you once on a bus That was going to Zihuatenejo; You had to...

April 18, 2020

Spiritual Memoir (A Poem About My Life)

In my spiritual memoir, Satan will never have A speaking part because it’s Satan who...

April 18, 2020

You Are The Prophets

You are the prophets, not me; I am the encourager; I am the One who...

April 16, 2020

Small (A Poem About Greatness)

I need to be small right now And hide within your arms; The world of...

April 14, 2020

Love Letter to A Diva God (A Poem About How Love Is Delightfully Infuriating)

You have been tuning me into your song, For every time my signal fails to...

April 12, 2020

Two Poems About Easter

I. Bus Terminal There’s a feeling like we’re all Just sitting in a bus terminal...

April 10, 2020

Eucharist (A Poem About The Cross)

It’s such an impossible Thing to understand that I need to eat magic food To...

April 06, 2020

Whip Of Cords (A Poem About Divine Rage)

When Jesus sat Twisting his whip of cords Together, how hard Did he bite down...

April 02, 2020

Video Game (A Poem About Still Being In Middle School)

[Note: I am doing well and feeling calm, because I write intense poetry like this...

March 2020

March 10, 2020

Heavy Load (You Will Make Us Rise Again)

For a long time, I have dreamed of making music together with my best friend...

March 04, 2020

Release (A Poem)

Last year, I experienced one of the best things that's happened to me in ministry....

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Can You Handle This Mardi Gras Unicorn?

Morgan the unicorn: The book My mother read to me Before anything happened. Are unicorns...

February 23, 2020

The Hidden Family (A Poem)

I don’t know how atypical we are, But I do know that we’re not from...

November 2018

November 02, 2018

I Am Cain (a poem)

I am Cain; And my altar doesn’t burn. Oh it burns some As long as...

July 2017

July 24, 2017

Mixed race bathing in east Tennessee (a poem)

I've been to pools with black people before There were five maybe six not twenty...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

What if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do?

What if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do? What if they...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

Winter begins (a poem)

It does no good to scream; with one wet syllable, winter can white out your...

November 10, 2016

Show me how to bleed (feat. Katniss and Rue)

Show me how to bleed I’ll never forget the day when I knew I would...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

To the ones who never say yes

You will never be inspired If you refuse to be breathed into If you always...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Garish Dawn (an amazing poem by Carrie Beyer)

At the Festival for Faith and Writing two weekends ago, I went to a poetry...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

I am your enemy (a poem)

I am your enemy because I am ignorant because I am privileged because I am...