Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words
Phases
By Guy “Dhyan” Traiber
I searched for G-D
in the synagogue; parchments and swaying men.
I searched for G-D
by the riverbank; naked
men dipping and spraying.
On the high mountains I
found one fat man
and a guru with an airplane.
I searched for G-D
in the lowest place on earth;
Stain of light between tired coals.
I searched for G-D
on the bookshelves, upper row;
Buddha, Descartes, and the Book of Nothing
the Bible, the Qur’an, the Bible Two.
I moved them all one shelf down
and placed instead books of literature:
Alterman, Cohen, Borland
and an anthology of red poetry.
I open a new notebook
first line
I am searching for god in the words.
Guy “Dhyan” Traiber’s poem Troubles appeared at vox poetica in June 2010.
Dhyan’s poetry is always spiritually probing and original. His words tip toe through your thinking, leaving tiny ideas for you to discover later.
really great. i am happy to hear a new voice rising, celebrating the wisdom of humanism. especially coming from someone who has studied the great religions and still has regard for them.