“The uncle never mentions / his nephew / in the casual back-alley banter
Tag: poems
S314 Abram and Sarai Talk Theology, Mirroring
“When I say the word / mother / you think of your own”
“It can go both ways: / the Hebrew can enslave / the Egyptian.”
S3E13 Bill and Ted and Bram
“Perhaps the first world was as ordinary / as a trip to the dentist:”
S3E12 POV
“Pen in hand, I bloody the page / with comments on point of view.”
S3E11 Babel
“The memory of flood / still lingering, / they build a tower, climbing /
to the heavens / where God’s waters / cannot reach.”
S3 Special Book Announcement
S3E03 Naming
“Egypt alone needed a word for blue / in the time before grocery store orchids / stained the indigo of ballpoint pens. / A world without raspberry Slurpees / or Levi’s stonewash denim.”
S3E02 Endings, Caedmon’s Hymn
Joe reads two new poems from his soon-to-be-released book of poems responding to Genesis. One is an original, and one is a translation of an Old English text.
“The beginning carries an end, / like the seed that forms / its new self.”
Pre-K Graduation (poem): Ep42
“They stand on stage like individually / wrapped, Halloween Kit-Kats and Hershey’s bars, / fun-size adults in rayon packaging.”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
