a poem written in response to 'Seminarian', an earlier poem of mine, as a result of a request from Rev Dr John Vincent whilst I was spending a post-graduate year at the Urban Theology Unit in mid 1970's
Poem to Secular Jesus
Absurd redemption of humanity -
how can I write
or mouth a ritual creed
which brings to life
such crass stupidity.
This problemed world provides
no sanctuary. The Word
screams out for light; a sacrifice
of dreams and power -
a hapless Saviour snared
by well-intentioned tomes.
Bookloads of words
can never penetrate
reality -
the God-shaped question
yearns
for my reply. No theory
supplies the key
to one who shuns
inherited divinity.
No core of righteousness
resides within -
the journey outwards
is where truth begins.
Malcolm Evison
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