Looking for God in All the Right Places – Shemini (Aliyah 2)

These poems are offered free for your enjoyment. If you use them as part of an event, meeting, educational or liturgical setting, please consider tipping the author.

Share this poem:

and the glory of God appeared to all the people.

What form did this glory of God take?

(You’ll forgive my gender neutralizing of
Lord from the original text. I’d gender
neutralize my coffee mug if I could.)
And I’ve already lost track of where
I was going with this. Let me begin again –

What form did this glory of God take?

Old man with beard descended from sky
Old woman with beard descended from sky
Beam of light
Grocery delivery person
Sanitation truck driver
Sound wave
Human less than six feet away
Dinner
Clothing
Shelter

What form did this glory of God take?

After the meat was burned in tribute
After the smoke ascended and dissipated
After what happened in the tent, stayed in the tent

Aaron licked his lips
and left us to remember
the glory of God is
in the air we breathe
the cake we bake
the soul we commingle with
and anywhere we choose
to let it in.

These poems are offered free for your enjoyment. If you use them as part of an event, meeting, educational or liturgical setting, please consider tipping the author.

Share this poem: