40 blogs of Lent – Day 27 Only come Messages to the churches – Day 22 Laodicea – Day 3 A poem about Jesus - and a mash up of '60s and '70s pop lyrics The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I 'also conquered and sat down …
Category: Poetry
White clothes
40 blogs of Lent - Day 24 White clothes Messages to the churches - Day 19 Sardis - Day 3 A poem. (Or you can sing it to the tune of "Once in Royal David's City.) The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the …
I will give him the morning star
40 blogs of Lent - Day 20 I will give him the morning star Messages to the churches - Day 16 Thyatira - Day 4 A poem - A train of thought experiment in blank verse. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule …
New stone – New start
40 blogs of Lent - Day 15 New stone — New start Messages to the churches - Day 12 Pergamum - Day 4 A thought experiment in free verse. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, …
No second death
40 blogs of Lent - Day 10 No second death Messages to the churches - Day 8 Smyrna - Day 3 A poem He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. No second death We believe in resurrection, …
The tree of life
40 blogs of Lent - Day 7 The tree of life A train of thought experiment in free verse Messages to the churches - Day 5 Ephesus - Day 4 To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’ The tree of life God …
Valentine’s Day poem
Poem for Valentine’s Day Let not our winters be of discontent Let frost stretch forth its icy fingers, Bind our lives together, how much have they meant Two hearts living as one, our lives entwined. For thirty seven years I’ve lived with you It feels so short a time I’ve loved you so The sweet …
Full English
FULL ENGLISH Full English Breakfast. 'My body is a temple' We pray over plates Of bacon, sausage and fat. A heart attack on a plate. I am using the Japanese form of Tanka, However I am using the English definition of syllable, counting a diphthong as one syllable rather than two in Japanese and nor …
You mess, you confess
A Haiku* based on my previous blog: You mess, you confess, And God will forgive your sin 'Cause God is like that. *Haiku, a poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five with no rhyming plan, originating in Japan.
Seek ye first… (Haiku)
To follow Jesus: Do not seek your comfort, seek the kingdom of God
