Day I
God created the heavens and the earth
And it was his turf.
Soaring over mystery
God created history.
This poem jumps from here to there
Like a bouncing little hare.
Or like God says, "Let there be light."
And then, boing: it was bright.
Just like that
Without a zap.
Don't ask me why
you'll make me cry.
[...Selah: be quiet.
I don't have a diet.
Like in a song
When they play the gong
When there's no singing
Only reverberating...]
He parted the light from the dark.
Did you hear of Noah's ark?
What he called "day" was light
And what was dark was "night."
Day III
First the land was none
And then God begun.
The earth came up like that;
God was wearing a hat.
The water stayed in place
But still it had an ace.
The plants suck up the water
So they must have a father.
The plants produce seeds
And that's what it needs.
Day IVLight doesn't come from the sun;
It was already there on Day I.
The sun came along on the fourth;
All day it keeps its course.
The moon gets bigger and bigger
And then wanes away to a sliver.
The sun comes close in the summer
But goes far, far away in the winter.
If they all come together they vanish
But seasons in time they establish.
Day V
God made the fish and birds
With twenty little words.
Let the birds in the air increase
Like the giant fish in the seas.
Day VI
Animals came out of the earth
Because she was giving birth.
Some were wild and some were tame,
Some lived in Africa, some lived in Spain.
God made bobcats, bobcats & fish, fish;
Every time he got his wish.
God said "we"
When I'd have said "me."
"Let's make something in our image
Between us & them there'll be no scrimmage."
God made males and females
To mate just like the free whales.
We are supposed to understand
Everything in the sea, air and land.
God gave plants for us to eat
A nose and ears and eyes and feet.
God saw that everything was very good
Seeing things the way we should.
Day VIIAs the sun was setting on the sixth day
God was merry and gay.
Why? Because he was done.
Now it was time for fun.
He stopped every thing he was doing
And then he gave a blessing.
What was the blessing?
The blessing was for resting.
