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God Says Yes to Me
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Difficulty rating (1-5): 3.5
Kaylin Haught’s poem
God says Yes to me is, to many people, a
witty, humorous poem about affirmation and feminine power.
This was Kaylin’s own take on her poem when it was
published in Poetry 180, a high visibility
Library of Congress sponsored series introducing
contemporary poetry to junior high and high school age students.
Since that time, the poem has also been quoted in many sermons in churches around the country, as many ministers have stressed the more serious value of Kaylin’s poem -- the power of God (whether He, She, or It!) to affirm our lives in even the tiniest, seemingly inconsequential detail. It’s this tendency of a great text to elicit multiple interpretations that draws me to set such poems to music. And please notice that God loves jazz—most all of God’s answers to the questions are in swing time! Complete perusal score available upon request.
A review of Vox Femina
of Los Angeles' March 8, 2008 performance: TEXT by Kaylin Haught
I asked God if it was okay to be
melodramatic
and she said yes
I asked her if it was okay to be short
and she said it sure is
I asked her if I could wear nail polish
or not wear nail polish
and she said honey
she calls me that sometimes
she said you can do just exactly
what you want to
Thanks God I said
what if I cavort with squawking saints
forage with a crowd of long legged water
angels
sail with a regatta of white pelicans
sing glory hallelujah with the
cormorants
drying their wings over the water
and she said Baby I made you for this
cavort as you wish
And is it even okay if I don't paragraph
my letters
Sweetcakes God said
who knows where she picked that up
what I'm telling you is
Yes Yes Yes
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