593 - The Short History of Dogma

the short history of dogma
By Gene Fendt

Light gathers moths
as saints swell churches.

The light blown out,
what moths remain
make doctrines of the dark,
and rest their wings
in ashes.

Gene Fendt teaches philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. His poems appear in such journals as Puerto del Sol, Aethlon, and Anglican Theological Review.