Poetry: talking about god by John Yamrus
talking about god
wasn’t
one of
the
things on
Ernie’s list.
i
mean,
i want
to believe,
i
really do, but what’s the point, right?
and
he’d stand
there,
on the
beach, arms crossed,
looking at
us,
waiting
for
someone
to come
along,
take his
picture and
declare
that everything
everywhere
was all right,
and was
never gonna change,
for now
and for ever and ever, amen.
John
Yamrus’s career
spans more than 50 years as a working writer. He has published 35 books (29
volumes of poetry, 2 novels, 3 volumes of non-fiction and a children’s book).
He has also had nearly 3,000 poems published in magazines and anthologies
around the world. His latest books include: seriously! and Doing Cartwheels on Doomsday Afternoon (Anxiety Press).