Ivan M. Granger: Bent

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Bent

Ivan M. Granger, Ivan M. Granger poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Yoga / Hindu poetry

by Ivan M. Granger
(1969 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic

Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist

Contemporary

Yes, seekers, do
sit up,
stand tall.

But hear
my bent secret:

     All saints slouch.

God's lovers lean
into the divine embrace
and there
let the years pass.

     Struggling for straightness,
     your strivings shaken,

     learn what true knowers know:

Effort clears the way,
but the steps
are already taken.

2002

/ Photo by ahisgett /

Themes

Lover and Beloved

Sexual Union

Sound

Recommended Books

	For Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics, by Roger Housden
	Poems of Awakening: An International Anthology of Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Betsy Small

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