Pádraig Ó Tuama (b. 1975) is the host of On Being’s Poetry Unbound and the author of Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World. He is a poet with interests in language, violence, power, and religion. Kitchen Hymns and 40 Poems on Being with Each Other: A Poetry Unbound Anthology are both forthcoming in 2025.
Photo by Mark / Stock.adobe.comRite of Baptism
If you pass, know that you will have no say
about what happens.
Some of our people will hate you as they hate themselves.
You must create a life
wi…
;
