Manic Adoration
written by: Scott Thomas Outlar
@17Numa
O God, I want to be overwhelmed
by something sweeter than
the sour grapes
of harvests past
by a symphony sung
from the lips of a choir
that has cast out all sirens
by a single shot
of adrenaline
not manufactured in a lab
O Lord, I wish to be consumed
by the maddened cry
that heralds laughter
beyond sorrow’s edge
by the howling scream
of a righteous wind
come fiercely
by the final plunge
into a vast expanse
promising vistas unparalleled
Scott Thomas Outlar
Scott Thomas Outlar lives and writes in the suburbs outside of Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He guest-edited the Hope Anthology of Poetry from CultureCult Press as well as the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. He has been a weekly contributor at Dissident Voice for the past seven years. Selections of his poetry have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Dutch, French, Italian, Kurdish, Malayalam, Persian, Serbian, and Spanish. He spent the past two years working on a collaborative book, Evermore, along with coauthor Mihaela Melnic (their poetry/fiction hybrid collection was released in September 2021 as the flagship title of 17Numa Press). His podcast, Songs of Selah, airs weekly on 17Numa Radio and features interviews with poets, artists, musicians, and health advocates. More about Outlar's work can be found at 17Numa.
Latest posts by Scott Thomas Outlar (see all)
- Indigo - October 10, 2021
- Manic Adoration - January 12, 2021
- Blue Pines - May 25, 2020
