Robert Zend (Hungarian-Canadian writer, 1929 - 1985) wrote a number of poems about God, from an unorthodox perspective, to say the least. Here is one from his book Beyond Labels (Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1982), p. 52.
GOD DEAD?
God has not died,
only his name
which was confused
with the sun
and thunder
and destiny
and victory
and genesis
and love
and law
and wisdom
and fatherhood
begins to fall apart
into electricity
and strategy
and astronomy
and historical materialism
and extrasensory perception
and psychoanalysis
and the theory of probability --
only his name
disintegrates.
God has not died
because he never lived.
January 13, 1967
Thursday, November 19, 2015
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