Author Archives: jackpelham

Let us imagine the dayOn which the worldHad finally tiredOf its lying.

I had been troubled That an old friend was mad at meFor my slowness to do as promised—And adding to my procrastinationAbout important matters,In my delay, I had hoped alternatelyThat he his silence had beenSimply because he was busy—And then … Continue reading →

When he is called to heavenTo have that meeting of a lifetime—

He, being mistreated,Is not content to attribute itTo wickedness alone,But has learned by exampleTo frame it in terms ofThe groups to which heAnd the mistreater belong. Thus is he ever readyTo assume this spirit of factionUpon everyone in the other … Continue reading →

What would it be likeIf all the sin were suddenly to stop?

The one says, “Please shut up so I can think this through for myself.” And the other, “Please keep talking so that I don’t have to think this through for myself.”

The world was divided—And still is today—By the announcementThat God expects somethingOf the humans here.

You can tell a people’s true religious convictions about justice and righteousness by whether they will see to it that their society is administered justly and righteously.

He who sitting in the dark housePeering from its windowsInto the daylight withoutAnd reveling in the glory of the dayAlso chooses, to our surprise,Not to notice that he does not Live in the daylight himself,But in the dark house,Where he … Continue reading →

I have so much to say about this, and I have attempted to be brief, but I have failed. So here are my hard-hitting thoughts on the subject: