Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Crossed Paths

12.06.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

What is a life worth?
What was the point?

He hangs
Pain-wracked body
Two others
Either side
One sneers, "save yourself"
tries to bribe
The other sees through
crown of thorns
Asks to be remembered,
How can this happen
In moments from death
That the world
is on the cross?
People just like us stand, lean, sit, hide,
Doubters, scared, irritated, haters, spectators.

Jesus front and centre
Speaks his mission
Not just facing death
But loving to the end
Sharing his life
In his suffering
Talking truth
"Surely you will be with me"
A day of grief, pain, mission,
Power, peace, hurts, friendship, loneliness

Jesus
The boy who once
Skinned his knees
Dies -
Not the end!

God cannot stay
On the cross
in a tomb
A resurrection
passion has been born
Fire burning
through generations,
Experiencing fully human
Truly alive.

His defeat of death
To bring God's
Love
Freedom
Real life
Justice
Story
Imagination
To places, to people.

Tags: cross, death, love, surrender, miracles

Desert

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Tired arms
leafless, lifeless
stretch for new existence
Old ways shed as
animating Holy Spirit rain
descends watering
particles of seed faith,
Dry desert awakens
to the knowledge
of God's truth
of God's power
of God's future and hope,
Leaving behind the past
extending into the new
the blooms
refresh
re-green
revive the barren land.

A reforested signpost
of God's love,
Lifting...
heavy hearts
hurting souls
cynical minds.

Starting Thoughts: Dry Life, choking like a desert, sucking and spreading inexorably? Can we find something new to turn around desertification of our tomorrows?
Poem Topic Tags: #barren, #bloom, #desert, #dry, #heavy, #holyspirit, #life, #new, #revive, #spring, #tired, #truth
Posting Tags: #artist, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife

Rain of HoySpirit falls bringing the dry desert landscape to life.

Tags: desert, dry, revive, bloom, holyspirit

Opening

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

I walked through
rooms of my life
drifts disturbing
my mind,
I gathered stained grey
impressions and
prejudices,
and Spring cleaned
my feelings
and thoughts
to others.

It felt cold first
as the winds
of change
froze my being,
the inner space seemed
bigger but desolate.

And then you exploded into
my existence
colouring rainbows
painting laughter
bringing summers and
tumbling sunshine.
Fresh creation cascades of
outside life
crowded pushing
through doors
bursting, filling my life,
reviving reality in realities midst,
bringing diamonds of
joyful tears.

Starting Thoughts: Sometimes we are ready for a sea-change, something new, a radical shift. And little did we know that this was the moment that God will burst into our life, he's always been there but now seems to be the moment we are open to Him.

Poem Topic Tags: #cold, #doors, #friend, #grey, #house, #joy, #love, #new, #prejudices, #reality, #relationships, #self, #soul, #unique

Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Spojken word poem on making choices and experiencing amazing life from God

Tags: change, colours, life, door, readiness

Borderline

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

One foot planted
in life giving river
another in a draining sewer,
some moments swept
in plunging ecstasy
through sparkling water
Others feeling
the endless sucking spiral
of cloying mud depths.

As you walk
wet footprints shine
one side clean, refreshing imprints
others fetid smells, slime steps.

and you wander
somehow blind
to the trail
of hope holding hands
with faltering life,
staggering through doors
crowds
friends
god...

Starting Thoughts: So easy to be double-minded, a hypocrite, and sometimes we don't even see the impact, the trail of what we have left in the world.
Poem Topic Tags: #choice, #cold, #death, #decision, #extremes, #fence, #hot, #hypocrisy, #hypocrites, #life, #reallife, #river, #sin
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

What is the hypocritical trail we leave behind us in our faith? Poetry Spoken Word

Yumm

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

To be warm
is to have friends
And I'm warm
when you are around,
Yumm…

Starting Thoughts: Friends make us feel good, feel warmer.
Poem Topic Tags: #friends, #friendship, #gold, #positivity, #relationships, #seeker, #warmth
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Hearing a Call

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Time of peaceful meaning
night praying and praising
in joy of knowing God,
A circle of fellow believers
sharing the strength
of a loving father,
In coffee fellowship
I took long black
ate biscuit
and talked with new friends,
Yet somehow
drawn
to curtains of
the warm room,

I stepped behind comfortable
drape colours…
looked out,A world of dusk lights
stained buildings
of people facing past regrets
living a life
looking for full,
my heart broke
with God’s love
for those without
friend of a personal God,
the lonely,
scared of ultimate true love
covered in tarmac
walking crowded
empty streets.

In my lone place
tuned to God
I prayed,
“Use Me Lord.”

Starting Thoughts: Sometimes when you have something marvellous you want to share about it. We can't keep to ourselves the beauty of knowing Christ and joy and fun of knowing family in the church - a home away from home.
Poem Topic Tags: #call, #evangelism, #faith, #harvest, #love, #surreal,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

evangelism_call_hearing_christian_poetry

Cold Pause

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Cold morning soldiers
of dew and mist
covering any
thought of sunrise,
Flower world waiting
to yawn,
yearning birth
But this fragment of time
is suspended,
stopped moments
in dark wooded valley,
Sounds hushed
colours greyed
fragrances frozen,
time seemingly paused
in a collective breath,
The only life
a muted stream that stirs
in shallow stones
swirling through
deep pools
banks guarded by
still willows
green arms embracing
hushed waters.
The frosted moment thaws
night citizens seek refuge
scuttling towards
darker shadows,
And daylife slumbers
about to awake
to the first warble
of birdsong harmonies.

It is time,
your time,
Awaken
sleeper to
new hope.
Your life reborn.

#birth, #christian, #creation, #decisions, #hope, #nature, #night, #poems, #poetry, #seeker, #spokenword, #sunrise, #time,

Waiting for something amazing to happen - Spoken Word poem

Line in the Sand

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Dust crusted finger
becomes a pointed instrument
of decision
In the dirt of time
the hand
draws the line,
the words
simple and straight
To those watching
the line is a valley
slashing its cleft
giant scars in timelines
the words sear to
the heart,
drawn with slow
heart beat jumps.
Step forward or backward?
Accuse or acknowledge self?

#christian, #decisions, #finger, #identity, #jesus, #poems, #poetry, #sin, #spokenword, #stones

How we make decisions to acknowledge self spoken word poem

Tags: sand, decisions, finger, jesus, power

Centurion

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Dust crusted finger
becomes a pointed instrument
of decision
In the dirt of time
the hand
draws the line,
the words
simple and straight
To those watching
the line is a valley
slashing its cleft
giant scars in timelines
the words sear to
the heart,
drawn with slow
heart beat jumps.
Step forward or backward?
Accuse or acknowledge self?

Prompt
What happens when something is so amazing, so outside your experience? While carrying out orders life surprises you with a hard hitting truth.
Poem Tags
#christian, #decisions, #finger, #identity, #jesus, #poems, #poetry, #sin, #spokenword, #stones

Christian Spoken Word Poem on Easter and Cross from Soldier

Tags: sand, decisions, finger, jesus, power

Owl Perched

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Pupils Written by: W Grieve

At the Corner
Owl perched
sitting
seeing
colour confusions of life,
Accommodating all moods
Hello dashed off letter
Slow treacherous fog
slander
Bright spring
chat
Dark ocean
considerations
connected sentences
facebook phrases
Rose distilled
hearttalks,
Collecting human lives
of constructs and refuse
Future Dreams
Past memories.

Prompt
Watching life, seeing under the surface.
Poem Tags
#dreams, #life, #memories, #owl, #poem, #poetry, #reallife, #seeker, #spokenword, #watching

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Watching life, seeing under the surface. Spoken Word Video Poetry

Easel

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

A lone siren
split the sky
in jagged cracks
that crazed around
another life
cornered,
what is it about
that wail
in the background?
A sneaky relief
it isn’t me,
followed by
tiny guilt,
a quick heart prayer
for victim, family, friends,
Mortality intrusion
pinpricking my accidental life.

Somewhere,
the paintbrush slips
smearing the canvas,
one colourful part covered,
when dried,
when died
that section
will be painted over,
new life
hiding old.

Poem Tags
#christian, #death, #emergency, #life, #mortality, #painted, #poem, #poetry, #reallife, #seeker, #spokenword
Prompt
Does the emergency siren in the distance intrude on your life... remind you of mortality?

Hear the siren, what do you think? Spoken Word Poetry about life.

Tags: mortality, death, bornagain, life, self

Spark

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Observed
under the microscope
conceptions birth start
a spark of light emitted
the moment sperm meets egg.

Tiny glimmer with
incredible potential,
possibilities
impact
life and love
For each spirit flame
is unique.

But great fear crowds in,
subtle winds at first
Stuttering the flame,
Then shutters violently close
Compressing fears' darkness,
consuming creativity
Why you ask?
Who am I? echoes,
Breaking you piece by piece
so the gaps fall
tearing your being.

And then
in the mist midst
of crushing darkness,
a note sings
Pure clean,
Tremulous life giving,
Listen
feel the touch,
brushing your ears and mind,
Come to the one
who said, "Let there be light "
Let Him blow on the embers
The pain, the fear, the risk, the death
Let Him
Reveal the Light
Infused emanating from
His desire to love you
The One who created
that first spark.

Call
breathe again
hear your voice
Desiring His love
speaking out your love,
You have the spark,
the power
for change
to change,
switching the destiny
of your walk.
Leading your path,
Captured and captivated
in His glory.

"Oh Brilliant
bright spark,
radiant neurons,
rise and shine
you are the light
of my eyes,
My bride
glorious."

Poem Tags
#bride, #change, #christian, #destiny, #jesus, #light, #love, #poem, #poetry, #spark, #spokenword, #unique, #worship
Prompt
Does the emergency siren in the distance intrude on your life... remind you of mortality?

Christian Spoken Word Poem on the Light of the World.

Tags: mortality, death, bornagain, life, self

Heartbeat

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

I feel
a need
of Your power,
Take me
break my heart
at the foot
of the cross,
Shatter the bonds
that crust
my life beat,
Then lovingly
restore my heart Lord
Infuse it with Your love
Give me Your pain
for others
but Your peace
to overrule,
give me humbleness
to deny self
boldness
as a saved creation,
Father take my heart
form Your beat
within.

Poem Tags
#character, #christian, #cross, #empathy, #heartbeat, #identity, #love, #poems, #poetry, #spokenword
Prompt
Time to get rid of the hardness around our hearts. Feel, know God's heartbeat.

Hooked

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Swimming against currents
sun-flecked waters of life
white rapids
deep pools
imagination swims,
poem hook
drops
dangling enticingly
wavering invitingly,
In the flow debris
a beauty of words
twitch of thoughts
snare of entertainment,
I rise to the bait
caught to fight
with life's revelation.

Starting Thought
Creativity, inspiration, imagination, an amazing gift.

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Tags: words, god, names, iam, power

Dawn After

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Dawn rises
quietly
on the sculpture
of broken life
cooling on cross silhouettes
to the grey weathered sky.

Stilled watchers
caught
in clotted grief,
Battle hardened soldier
still surprised
by God thoughts,
Hidden hate forces
celebrating
in won astonishment,
Father's Spirit
separation anguish.
Ashes to ashes
grace to death
sin's soul sacrifice

The curtain
has not fallen -
it is torn!

Life Currents

10.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Life can be complex
Sitting on the outside
Never trying to be in it
Towel sitting,
Waves calling.
Some sail adventures
charting rocks, storms and whirlpools
Canoeing wild rides
Meanwhile
I lie lazy
tanning melanoma
Will I look only?

I take a drink
From the coolie
It bubbles cool, inviting
Coke is life
Lol
It is a lie!

I can't be filled, quenched
With artificial.
Only in the water
Flowing, living water
Salt or stream
Is true life.

I wake up holding the bottle
Sunburn on the way.

Prompt
Do you just sit back on the edge of life, watching others, wanting more but not quite able to make it across the hot sand?
Poem Tags
#adventures, #christian, #complexity, #lazy, #lies, #life, #motivation, #poem, #poetry, #purpose, #reality, #seeker, #spokenword, #truth

Sitting on the edge of life Spoken Word Poem - why not jump in

Tags: reallife, identity, fake, risk, change

Mirror on the Wall

02.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

I lifted my right hand
He lifted His,
Tears formed in my eyes
He cried with me,
I smiled
His smile hundredfold,
I pulled a face
laughing at life
He chuckle shared
for He created life.

Suddenly, fear…
Reflections
sometimes too much,
too personal
too questioning
too complex.

The hammer
steals from my pocket
I smash,
shards exploding,
to find something else..
Behind the mirror,
blankness
I’ve destroyed
I’ve won
what I wanted.

The broken
scatter spoke
from the floor,
"You are created in
My image."
Myriad fragments
crazy splinters
somehow still
speaking a whole.

I sweep Him up,
Carefully,
so as not to hurt myself.

Mirror pieces,
binned.

James 1:23 (ESV)
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
1 Corinthians 13:12 (ESV)
12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Remember

18.03.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Wisp thoughts
Scattered in casual
Sympathy
Wandering
Scenes of memories,
Synapses of impulse
tar pits of the forgotten
connections and disconnections
twitch in time,
electrical energy
brain nerves
nervously
fuzz out
and away,
supplanted by fears
and blankness.

When will the moment manifest
where the forgotten
consumes the remembered?
Shells with
spirit whispers.

Starting Thoughts: I have watched Alzheimer’s eat at the life of people I know. They become living shells with seemingly ever decreasing random connections to who they were.
Poem Topic Tags: #alzheimers, #brain, #death, #disease, #family, #life, #living, #loss, #memories, #memory, #quality, #seeker, #thoughts
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Spoken Word Poetry on the memories loss to Alzheimer’s

Warning: this writing and video deal with the theme of suicide.

Breaking Waters

10.01.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Mist waters grey the horizon,
Sullen sea white caps
wash thrusting pier,
dark encrusted woods
wounding the ocean’s belly.

Above
the foam-lashed poles
stands a black-coated
figure at Land's End,
A lone woman
in a dark gown
spray-laced air,
the cold
snatching her dress.

Heaviness stalks the atmosphere,
her forfeited heart
tear blurred eyes
stare unseeing
within annoyed sea

Hurt showed
in her silhouette
I called out,
she turned
and I saw black
in the eyes,
personality in retreat
and the sea stilled.

I blinked once
like forgotten care…
she was gone,
an empty space,
questions
about another
life lost.

Litter Life

04.01.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Pupils Written by: W Grieve

Birth,
Milling papers
frowning
sharing puddles
skipping
across road
jostling
in refuse bin,
wrapping
football crowd legs,
Some dirt travelled
others new to game
learning to resist wind
clinging to
buildings
gnarled trees
posts,
Human kindness
has bourne this litter.

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Matrix Moments

Media Moments: Question, reflect, connect

Privacy Settings

Crossed Paths

Desert

Opening

Borderline

Yumm

Hearing a Call

Cold Pause

Line in the Sand

Centurion

Owl Perched

Easel

Spark

Heartbeat

Hooked

Dawn After

Life Currents

Mirror on the Wall

Remember

Breaking Waters

Litter Life