APOLOGETICS

When what is thought
opens the divine plan

from Origen, Aquinas to Barth
what is wrought for man

on either side are heretics
at the Protestant or Catholic divide

Holy spirit believers
cannot abide as Herod rules

grieved by his laughing demon
by fanatics in Styx duel

a new age Rilke turned away
yearning for a pagan play

a poet visiting the Greek Apollo
with a peek to follow

Stefan Georg
by his burning torso in his day,

Soren Kierkegaard and Auden
gave theologian regards

letting play the avant guard
yet non partisan and modern.