Lord's Player

Published in July, 2012 Decades Review. A secular humanist poem. Title derived from Peter Mathiessen's "At Play In the Fields of the Lord".

Lord’s Player*

 

Often times, I am stuck sitting

For hours and hours on end

In between meetings

On which the day’s success depends.

 

Some odd spot, no amenities.

Maybe a coffee

In a parking lot

Descending to serenity.

 

This ridiculous pilgrimage

Not between temples dark.

More like an amusement park where

Madcap harlequins pillage plots.

 

She asks, “How did it go today?”

“Oh, fine… bad… okay.”

The best part, I can’t really say,

Was spent in the Lord’s field- at play.

 

 

*from the title “At Play in the Fields of the Lord”- Peter Mathiessen

 

 

 

Reviews

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

This is absolutely SUBLIME! Could you please PM on here ASAP? Thank you for all you do...

[KAREN]

Nicely penned! Love you stanzs, word useage!