“Long ago an uncalled rain fell
And a called-upon God stayed equally distant.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
"Prayer," p. 47
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Pit of the Stone”
“God is a cloud from which rain fell.”
“A Cloud," p. 26
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
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