students of jesus

Last week I launched a new Saturday feature: poetry. (If you're not a poetry fan, then I'll see you for the regular Tuesday/Thursday posts.) You're invited to read, muse, comment, or share your favorites as well.

I've never met Steven Lawrence Hamilton, but we've corresponded a few times, and share a background as (former) Vineyard pastors. His website, Verve & Verse is a delight and respite from the nervous chattering so common on the blogosphere.

The Bear Cub

i fear the bear-cub

not the bear-cub itself

who flops about, here and there

exploring the ways of

they-who-dwell-in-the-rotted-log

uninhibited in learning

acquiring through experience

the taste of the wild

no, it is the she-bear i fear

whose massive mother strength

adorned by cerberian teeth

ringing with the experience

of a love-struck guardian

it is she who thunders at any threat

to her precious, frolicking

inquisitive likeness

i don’t quite understand God

but God is a she-bear

thus i fear men

not for men themselves

but whose image they bear