God is a Metaphor ... With All Due Respect

God is a Metaphor ... With All Due Respect

A Poem by Einstein Noodle

Image result for ethereal
God is a Metaphor
erupting with fingering phrases
glissando winds ripple limbs
frisson rises in all those places
dawn's sun breaks and swims 

how can i think what God is?

newly fallen snow, fresh kill 
heat steams wavering over
shaded rooms like  a poet's quill
enlighten corners like no other


how can i say who God is?


tuck and rolled white-red leather
the clouds lay cotton in the valleys and
in a faceless place the eyes are a trema
prickly pare cactus bleeds bended knees


how can i see where God is?


immovable and curdled milk senses
mixed in whiskeyrum tumblers 
ice hiccup clinking glass  ..... a 
frenetic lens
 ....and
stippled integrity ...and 
icy fingers probing the most difficult; 
forcing open brittle parchment
peering
loving parts i will not admit

God is a metaphor
With all due respect

© 2020 Einstein Noodle


Author's Note

Einstein Noodle

My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Featured Review

Beautiful deep dive of introspection, thoughts and words here E. "God is a Metaphor...With All Due Respect"- a knockout of a title! Exquisite language and great form with questions asked and answered-or not really... Maybe we are all metaphors. Loved this provocative poem E. Happy 2020!

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

thanks Annette .. Happy and prosperous 2020 to you as well ... i try hard to find God ...most all th.. read more
Annette Pisano-Higley

4 Years Ago

Awwww- you are too good to me E.! Love reading your work and your many layers of thoughts. Gives my .. read more



Reviews

I read and reread this poem a few times. And then peeked at some of the many-many commenst. It is almost hopeless for me to say anything new. I can only join the ones before me saying, "Well-done!"
Like so many of the reviewers, I find the title interesting, and thought-provoking. It also makes me want to have a great argument about it. Or write a poem about it. Or just "swallow it" keep it inside, and digest it till it becomes a part of me.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

ahahaha ".... makes me want to have a great argument about it." ;) i used that title with trepidatio.. read more
What a fearless and beautiful poetry you have shared here. To be honest, few words were a little hard for me to comprehend, but I certainly learnt a lot. Faith should give asylum to tolerance and so should God. It is truly dependent on an individual to think what is real. I don't know if God is a metaphor or something real but if he/she was real all he/she would want was love and happiness.
Love, Ankita:)

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

well...the very best we have falls far short of God eh!? what a treat that you chose to read this on.. read more
Ankita Dwivedi

4 Years Ago

yeah , it is .needless, sir.
Ankita :)
Beautiful use of language.
Love some of the unique vocabulary that you used.
Definitely well describes the enormity of creation whether made by a deity or not

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

i don't usually do form stuff ... but needed the rhymes and quatrains for this one for some reason ;.. read more
Everyone and everything is a metaphor I think. This is a belter of a piece and a cracking title E :) Faith/spirituality or whatever name we grace it with is all perception in my belief...the great universal energy decoded into an aspect we can reach on some level...it is within the self as the heavens are, within nature most everywhere and weaves us all together in unknown ways...beautifully done E. You are a magnificent writer :)

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

awwww thank you Ruth .. i am humbled and gratified at the same time .. that this spoke to you ... i .. read more
Ruth

4 Years Ago

Reality is too...I believe this existence and universe is way beyond what we think it is and the mat.. read more
Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

back at ya Ruth :)
You're brave. That is, in poetry time where bravery, punctuation, truth and ash all happen at the same time.They said of Dickinson that she was brave/ by comparison to Whitman and the other male poets writing at the time. They said of Whitman that he was brave to write like he had considering all the other male poets that were writing at the time. More than a single poem can ever make us think, it makes us look. Bravery then is the metaphor for the objects we cant articulate. That's why 18 year old soldiers jump on top of hand grenades to save their comrades, or why poets disregard the thunderbolts from the sky politely looking for the blaspheme to disintegrate ...lol/ great poem/ dana

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

you have graced me page dana! and i am especially glad that you in particular found and read this on.. read more
I think anyone who believes in God will agree he’s in everything. Even a metaphor. Where there’s beauty, there’s God. There’s a singer I like who sings about seeing God In everything which is interesting to listen to, and this reminded me of that a bit. Only this was more Robert Frost type style and I enjoyed that more than the song. I always love nature, and this could also reach to anybody who doesn’t believe in God but still loves nature. This just reaches everybody haha.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

I thin you are right ... all one has to do is observe what is around us to see the proof of Grand De.. read more
[send message][befriend] Subscribe
.
A very interesting title, dear E! Any musings about God and his presence or lack thereof are bound to receive a wide variety of thoughts and opinions. The first time I have heard of Him addressed as being a metaphor, though. I guess it all depends on the beliefs of the individual. Many would say that God represents all that you have described visually in your stanzas; He is in everything of the beauty that surrounds us; others need more concrete answers of his existence. So, I guess we shall always have questions about Him and never quite the answers we need. I enjoyed your thoughts here and your presentation of Him in a very original light. Much enjoyed!:))

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

thanks so much Jamila .. for taking time to share your own thoughts on it .. i was thinking about Go.. read more
Unfortunately, my pithy mind just doesn't get a lot of this. tuck and rolled white-red leather...prickly pare cactus bleeds bended knees Hmm? I am just a simpleton that got lucky with a few poems. Someday I'll get stuff like this, but for now, it's a struggle. I do like it though. :)

Posted 4 Years Ago


0 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

thanks for struggling through it Relic .. it is abstract like much of me "stuff" .. the lack of stra.. read more
Curious. Is the ending meant to be an extended statement? God is a metaphor may be the title, but I sort of take the line where you say 'loving parts I will not admit' as a statement eventually finished with 'God is a metaphor' and 'with all due respect'.

"I will not admit God is a metaphor, with all due respect." Nor should you. For the believers, He is real, living, and true.

Just my take. I may not be Christian, although I've thought, and continue to think about it, but if I were a believer, I would not call God a metaphor. We can use metaphors to try and describe what is beyond us, and this world, but while they bring a certain light to the shadows, only faith could do the rest.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

what a great review Raven ... nice to see you grace me pages .. will certainly repay the visit .. i .. read more
Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

oh .. and truth be told .. if one can accept it .. God loves all parts of us regardless and seeks on.. read more
I'm pretty sure that even without me coming to read THIS, You already knew that I would respect, love and admire it. You are a spiritual and a thinking person who always seek new experiences with an open mind and heart, but not before now I read it clearly and deep from You like here and now. we read poems about how God is a part and lives in everything, the very special and great about Yours, that it was written in Your own way, in Your own style, from Your very own mind, it's not a cliché like those we read (yes, including mine). it's too special, too personal, maybe because of that I wasn't able to grasp fully some of the lines, but I felt it, how Your senses were totally open, like Your were drifted to another dimension. I applaud You high my dear E!

Posted 4 Years Ago


Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

you are right Light...as soon as i saw you read and reviewed this one i knew we would connect .. we .. read more
lightsong

4 Years Ago

yes we are ;) and always You are welcome along the God's blessings always :) ✨✨✨
Einstein Noodle

4 Years Ago

:) ..................

Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

1385 Views
52 Reviews
Rating
Shelved in 1 Library
Added on January 8, 2020
Last Updated on January 9, 2020

Author

Einstein Noodle
Einstein Noodle

Pork Rind, AK



About
This morning as I began to log in to WC, it occurred to me what an inspiring and comfortable place this has become for me. There are so many talented people sharing, encouraging, teaching and learni.. more..

Writing

Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..


BELIEVE BELIEVE

A Poem by Chris Shaw