*Paula's Poems*

Home
Rituals and Routines
File Number
The Highest Perch
Insomnia
Who is "Everybody", Anyway?
Mustn't Scream
Talk to Me
So Judge Me
Alternative CV
Cash Machines in Walls
Nothing Mends
In Dreams
Quakers on Pacifism
Spiritual Peace
Over-rated Doctrines
Each Time
My Own "Bad Choices"
Feels Like Being Punished
Depression
Bus Station Villanelle
Fear
Sanity and Paperwork
Test
Without a Tune
Quaker Plain
Another Boring Poem
Novelist
The Line
Crystal Dreaming
Sellotape and Glue
If You Know These Things
Any Magpie
Paralysis
Prozac Nation
Not in God's Name
Shades of Grey
Fading
OCD
Even If
Isolated
Serenity
Moon Goddess
Knock, Knock...
Spirit of the Unicorn
Moonlight Reflected
Connecting with Angels
Eternal Flight
That's Life
Pathway to Clarity
Devotion
Restless
Material
Angelic Encounters
Volatile
Toxic Angels
Shadows
Sometimes
Multi-faith Perspective
The Mid-Point
Moonlight
As Numerous As The Stars
Grey Exists, Too
Standing Alone
Child of the Night
Disillusioned
Days Don't Flow
Understanding
Processing Emotions
Spiritual Healing
Shades of Sunrise
Day After Day
Beyond Expression
Subtle Shift
Connected
Sanctuary
Enduring
Contrition
Jigsaw Pieces
Labels
No Chance
Remembering
Lime Trees
Perspective
Red Roses
Toco Toucan
Dolphins
Feeding the Ducks
Duck Haiku
Purple Velvet
Transcending
A Certain Stillness
She Is
Desire
Pet Memorial Poems
Links
Knock, Knock...

By Paula Puddephatt

We are not from Scottish Power,

or even British Gas.

We wouldn’t drag you

out of the shower

for anything less than

God.  And just to let you know

how to achieve Eternal Life…

 

We are nothing like

the religious group

who called on you last night.

There is one major difference:

They are wrong, and we are right.

 

Certain substances must be avoided,

like heroin and cups of tea.

Is it worthwhile mainlining –

or enjoying Typhoo or PG –

if, because of that, you cannot live

with God eternally?

 

You can stuff your face with chocolate, crisps –

and Diet Coke is not outlawed.

You can even have some Red Bull

to wash down all that chocolate,

if you’re getting very bored.

 

You need to be baptised, and soon.

Your last one doesn’t count:

insufficient water, and you were too young.

What about the Baptist Church?

You’re being awkward now.

Okay, let’s cut straight to the chase.

No other church has authority

from God.  We do.

Love and peace to my LDS/Mormon friends - guess that we all have our own spiritual paths, and your church just wasn't for me...

REST IN PEACE: MADGE, PAUL & JOHN (-2005)
ARROW & EMERALD (-2006)
KLAUS, DONNA, RALPH & KATHRYN (-2007)
BRYONY, GEORGE, PEAR, MERRI & BERT (-2008)
AMOS, LEHI, PETE, DAVY, GAVIN, NEPHI & APPLE (-2009)
DEENIE, ESSENCE, JANIS, LINDA, ERIC & DON (-2010)