Month: February 2020

I Searched

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by Maria van Beuren

…a found poem, made up of hits I got when I typed the word “search” into Google

Today I searched

I searched for God and found only myself

I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross

and found Him not

And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one

I searched all over couldn’t find nobody

I searched the world over

I searched all over couldn’t find nobody

I searched for God and found only myself

I searched all over

©Maria van Beuren, 2020

Maria van Beuren graduated from St. John’s College in 1973. She’s been indexing and editing scientific and medical books for decades now. Lately she’s begun writing poetry and has had some published, much to her surprise. She is the founder and director of Toad Hall Writers and Artists retreats, in New Hampshire, which have attracted attendees from the US and Europe, including various Johnnies who shall remain anonymous if they pay her enough to keep quiet.