The Angry Atheist
Poems, essays, quotes and comments about Religion, Philosophy, War, Politics, and maybe even a bit of fun
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Sam Harris on what an Atheist is
"The atheist is simply a person who has perceived the lies of religion and refused to make them his own"
Sam Harris - Philosopher, Neuroscientist
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Hand Axe
In my hand an axe
That once a million years ago
My brother held
Steve D
Aug 2013
Inspired by (and dedicated to) Prof Susan Alcock of Brown University, who in the excellent Coursra MOOC "Archaeologies Dirty Little Secrets" described picking up a million year old hand axe from the surface of Jordanian desert just outside Petra.
Past
You ask who owns the past
And I say I do
Each stone axe you find
Was made to fit my hand
The painted Bison on the wall
Once roamed upon my land
I have prayed in every temple
Stood guard on every wall
I built each mighty empire
Was there to see them fall
I have served both high and mighty
A master and a slave
And fought in every battle
My name’s on every grave
I am the Rangatira
Custodian of this earth
And I am the Pakeha
Who sees another worth
But most of all I am a brother
Who shares his past with you
Who owns the past? you say
I tell you that we do.
Steve D
Aug 2013
Write a Poem
Write a poem
In under 10 minutes
Don’t worry about whether it has meaning
Or a use
But let the words fall where they may
And be satisfied that being written is enough
And when done
Do not read it
Move on
All of life should be like that
Steve D
May 2013
Virgin White
On virgin white
I scratch some lines
To make my mark
With feeble rhymes
Though lines may fade
And bones may rot
The mark remains
Where flesh does not
So when I’m dead
Please don't pray
The body’s gone
But the words will stay
Steve D
Aug 2013
Wait a minute ....
Wait a minute ….
Somethings wrong
Is this the blues or just a song?
The this blues, and the that blues
No it isn’t ….
There ain’t but one kinda blues
So said the Son
Steve D
Jun 2013
dedicated to Son House (1902-1988), a true bluesman
Taps
My taps are marked “hot” and “cold”
So I can tell, before I learn by bitter experience, which is which
Would that life had such labels
Steve D
Jul 2013
Syria
Behind the lens young men shout
“God is great”
Rockets trace their flight
Door to door
Might to right
Flames ooze from windows
Escaping murder
Reaching on
Floor to floor
Gun to Sun
But there the children melt
In mothers last embrace
Inside the burning room
Ashes to ashes
Womb to tomb
And in the sky, the pilot says
“God is great”
Drops the bomb, and that ends that
Eye for eye
Tit for tat
So on it goes
No greatness here
And on it goes the loss and fear
Life for life
Tear for tear
Steve D
Aug 2013
Aug 2013
Swim
Swim
Swim for your life
Jump
Learn to be ignorant
Teach to know
Lie to be believed
Never believe
Love to feel pain
Cry to share it
Swim
Swim for your life
Swim as far as you can
Run to slow things down
Stop
Don’t look for the beginning
Find the end
Listen intently to everyone
Know who to ignore
Look in the darkness
See the light
Swim
Swim for your life
Swim as far as you can
Swim till you drown
Steve D
July 2013
July 2013
Stein
Stein is incomprehensible and in being incomprehensible Stein is
Incomprehensible Stein is being
Being Incomprehensible is Stein
Stein being incomprehensible is
Is Stein incomprehensible?
Is incomprehensible Stein?
Is being is?
Is being?
Is?
If words are wine and Stein is vine
And if Stein is vine
Then in each line
Do words flow
Words flow …
Words ….
Flow
Steve D
May 2013
A little tribute to the impossible Gertrude Stein. I have no idea what she was on about, but she still sounds great.
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