Staying Power
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Staying Power

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 10, 20262 min
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  • Religion

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Staying Power by Jean Murray Walker.

at the International Convention of Atheists, 1929.

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This audio poem is a production of PoetryFoundation.org. Staying Power by Jean Murray Walker. In appreciation of Maxine Gorky at the International Convention of Atheists, 1929.

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Like Gorky, I sometimes follow my doubts outside to the yard and question the sky, longing to have the fight settled, thinking, I can't go on like this.

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And finally I say, all right, it is improbable. All right, there is no God. And then as if I'm focusing a magnifying glass on dry leaves, God blazes up. It's the attention maybe to what isn't there that makes the emptiness

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