Category Archives: Devotional Poetry

Your Monday Blessing: when god was pregnant

Posted on May 11, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

when god was pregnant when god was pregnant her belly swelled up like song ’til she was rounder than the seasons of the world. her legs grew larger than the questions raised by wondering boys, her breasts filled the emptiness … Continue reading →

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Why We Have Seasons

Posted on May 7, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

The point of seasons is when the wheel turns to spring, and we live through one of those days, you know, when it’s crisp as a braeburn apple in the morning, and then the sun rises in the East, and … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Man in the Ice Cream Truck

Posted on April 20, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

I don’t want to sound paranoid but the man in the ice cream truck has been following me my entire life. He waits for months at a stretch, keeping his truck in cold storage until I least expect it, or … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: The extra verses of your life

Posted on April 13, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

The extra verses of your life Are written in a foreign hand And possess an uncertain beauty – The cadences are all ungainly, Or else far too cutesy. You almost fear they’re written mainly To impress, an order forced upon … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Live Long and Prosper

Posted on March 2, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Two children of Jewish immigrants. A factory worker’s daughter. A preacher’s kid. A D-Day vet. A boy from the internment camps. They put their shirts on, walked into the studio, and explored the galaxy together. The Captain of their crew … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Fix

Posted on February 23, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

The Fix I’m on my second glass of New Year’s Eve, and not as young as I used to be, but old enough for old friends. The nymphs course through the living room, shrieking the wordless songs of ecstasy, while … Continue reading →

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On the Fifth Snow Day of the Season

Posted on February 17, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Perhaps the mystery is preparing us For the day everything is cancelled forever, And assuring us that, Though it is certain To be a massive inconvenience, It can, in its simple way, be quite Beautiful. Peace surrounds us.

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When the Equations Found God

Posted on February 11, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Physicists were floored last week when, working through the mathematics of a few kinks in quantum irregularity, the equations, all of a sudden, proved the existence of God. God, it turned out, is five-foot-seven, and female, though he wears a … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: The Salt of the Earth

Posted on February 9, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

You are the salt of the earth, Keeper of life, Carrier of the earth’s wisdom. You add the flavor of earth, your mother, And of sky, your father, To all the proceedings. Merely by being present, You extend the life … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: snow day!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

May blessings come into your life like snow, Drawing eyes to wonder, Melting on various tongues, Urging warmth and comfort to turn inward, to the heart. May the drops of heaven connect you to the living and the dead, Burying … Continue reading →

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