Un Credo Moderne. Poem by Michael Walker

Un Credo Moderne.

Je crois en Dieu la mere, qui partage des cristaux et de l'echinacea, et en toutes choses organiques et sans gluten.

Et je crois que Jesus fut impressionant et un homme tres special, une legende qui pensat hors de la zone et il portat un pantalon de chauvre, et que sa vie fut un voyage pendant lequel il arrivat a embrasser son enfant interieur.

Et je crois en la pensee, optimiste, renvoyant et en s'avancant
Et je crois que la realite soit et que tout avant moi c'est l'histoire et de l'ancienne ecole. Et je crois que si vous ne prenez pas le sucre, le lactose, et la viande rouge, vous trouverez la cloture. Bonne journee.

- 'A modern creed.' Harry Ricketts.From 'Poetry NZ (New Zealand.) ,47,2013, p.19.

Thursday, February 9, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: belief,religion
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The above creed differs from traditional religion a lot. He believes in the right diet, organic (expensive) food and drink. He avoids sugar because it is fattening perhaps, and nicotine as smoking is a health hazard. He still believes in God, but as a mother; and Jesus was a special person(though not the son of God) . I like his secular creed because it is logical and easy enough to believe in. In a way this creed is easier to believe than mainstream religious doctrine.
Harry Ricketts is an English lecturer at Victoria University, Wellington and a poet of stature in this country.
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