The Nudist Nun

The nudist nun basks in the sun,
Stretching and unwinding.
A frowning friar feels a hint of desire,
though his teeth are grinding.

The nudist nun has barely begun
To shed her alb and stole,
When a monk emerges feeling surges
That stir his cassock and soul.

Now another holy brother
(Though her bandeau and veil remain)
Spies a dimple as she sheds her wimple;
He feigns to act restrained.

She doesn't doff her guimpe or coif,
But her surplice comes off in a bound.
Her amice stays, but her chasuble frays
As it slithers to the ground.

The warmth of the sun doth soothe the nun
And burns away notions of sin.
'Til thoughts of that abbot who tore off her habit
Trouble the mood she is in.

She places her frock behind a rock
(it long had been her habit,
Whenever she'd pray, to hide it away
Where no divine could grab it.)

Open, whole, she bares her soul
While under their clergy vests
Hearts beat hard, as eyes feast on
The crucifix 'tween her breasts.

The glory of God, though it may seem odd,
From heaven on high flows free.
Be ye man of the cloth or nun with none,
God sheds His Grace on thee.

New Poems

• "Battle Hymn of the Republic, Indeed"
• "Ode to a Banana"
• "Moving on After 1/6"
• "Hug"
• "Map-less Monarchs"
• "I am Such a Rich Man"
• "Beatitude with Attitude"
• "The Cross and the Lynching Tree Rap"
• "The Nudist Nun"
• "Sonnet 19"
• "Reparations Now"
• "Hoping I'm Wrong"
• "Bird Feeder"
• "Pete and Henry"
• "Nero: A Rap for Republicans"
• "Croissant"
• "Mandela"
• "The New Jim Crow"
• "The Wire"
• "Why Socialism?"

From By Heart

• "Ahiti"
• "As Some Fertile Seed"
• "Greed Screed"
• "I Sing the Ass"
• "Lying Lost Among Your Arms"
• "Now Thou Art Two and Twenty"
• "Sweet Smellin Woman"
• "This World"
• "Train Wreck"
• "Truth and Parable"
• "Why This Itch This Yen"
• "You"

Some Earlier Poems

• "Al and Bob"
• "The Lonely Puddle"
• "Ode to a Bagel"
• "The Rose"
• "Sardinia"
• "When Love's Liqueur"

Audio Recordings

• "Abu Ghraib"
• "Things About Kings"