Surfing for Jesus

By Susanna Rich

"Surfing for Jesus" is a 3-D IMAX picaresque where J.C. Penney is the tabernacle; Walter Cronkite, a confessor; and drivers express their "Lordy-Lord" perfections by hugging the speed limit (exactly). These poems variously mourn, moon, lampoon, side-step, meditate, bash, tweak, and imagine their way through the thickets of contemporary commerce and religiosity-to find meaning with the Dalai Lama on the basement bowling alley of a defunct Jesuit seminary; with a sand dolphin and mermaid on a New Jersey beach; and with Jesus resurrected as a Laotian drag queen. Ultimately, "Surfing for Jesus" celebrates that the personal lyric is both a vehicle for and the destination of spiritual authenticity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517021154
• ISBN13: 9781517021153
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"