Land of Tiny Gods by John Drudge

In the land

Of democratized fame

Trying to make 

Something

Of tomorrow’s promises

Today

Living dangerously

Past the dawn

Were we vie

For a chance

To sit at the feet

Of tiny gods

Stoic in our passions

Suffering in imagination

Phantom premonitions

Driven

By anxious strain

Where excellence withers

Without resistance

And glory fades

Without connection

To the truth

John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.