sudopoet.net The Michael Toy
Poems and Other Programmes

The Theopoetics Path

It makes no sense to me that I ended up being a Christian Person. Somehow, I did. Thus began a quest, like Dorothy when she steps out of the fallen house, to figure out where I am, and what kind of crazy country have I been transported to.

Poetry has turned out to be a great medium for me to wish, wonder and wrestle with these issues. I can ask questions and suggest shapes and directions without having to murder my enemies. I'm stealing the word "theopoetic" from the awesome Callid Keefe-Perry.

To my friends (and if you are reading my poem website, you are my friends) for whom even the idea of "faith in Jesus" makes your skin crawl, I would like to say this. That sentiment lives in me too, and there is even some of that in these poems. Feel free to skip these poems, but also feel free to read them. I have had people try to convert me, and it was a horrible experience and I promise not to do that to you.