God Spoken Word Poems

     Made from Adam’s rib
     Eve became glib
        when asked...

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I'm not sure when you left,
but my guess is, it's been a process 
from the beginning.
Maybe the moment you left heaven's presence
you longed for its...

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If God is hateful
explain where love comes from.
If God is your equal,
define the body
and how each piece flows as one,
and recreate it.
If God is betrayal
convince...

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You who worship yourself,
listen carefully.
I won’t shout.
I don’t have to.
Truth cuts deeper when it’s whispered.

You raise your hands high,
but not to the God who made...

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Demigirl Definition
A space between
Androgyny and conventional binaries of female identity
A gender not recognized by mainstream policies
And subjected to the far corners of the Q+ community...

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It's only 2:00 am.
I even waited to take the drugs
till midnight,
so I wouldn't have to fight
an extra 2 hours through the night

Not that it makes...

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Don’t talk to me about self-control
If you’ve never cried in your bed
After trying to quit for the 50th time.
Don’t tell me “it’s just a phase”
If...

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It’s a warning.
If I perish, I perish
But I will not shut up.
Lust is not love.
**** is not harmless.
Masturbation is not a phase.
I lived it
Not ‘cause...

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The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God
				By Tarian Marks

I had a thought about if God didn't exist
What if man alone was responsible for these...

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Sometimes I fear I've 
never known you 

Like a leaf might feel
It knows its mother tree
Until she sheds its crispy remains,
Only to let its pieces...

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I 

don't 

remember

the first time

You

met

me

I wonder to what degree that upsets you

I can't recall 

The first time you called,
Though I've been told you phone in...

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The day they kidnapped you
Was the day I found myself lost.
I found myself mostly numb
In a frosted layer of my own tears --
My eyes now...

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Off the wake-up, open my eyes and start seeking some clarity.
A never-ending search for ‘someone like me’
I guess I’m rich in rarity
No doubt, I have...

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my grandmother’s name is Verna

some look at her and see section 8, welfare checks, abuse and neglect

they see insufficiency, ignorant independency, a trench-condemned wreck 

no...

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KGOD presents ...

SALUTATIONS!!! 

Well.  Let’s just get started! 
Here at the Ogden!  The God den of music and soul! 
So, let me introduce...

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