Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Soul Singer

23.07.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In vibrant dawn
sunrise
a call
to the true love
of a saviour,
Whatever the day will bring
I can, right now
praise,
sing
of love lived extreme
and given for me-
Salvation
life now flows in me,
Spirit harmony
from the Soul singer.

Worship the Lord,
Who is wonderfully,
simply, "I Am"

Starting Thoughts: Stunning sunrises or raging storms, whatever the day brings we can know the love of God and the power to change the world in worshipping Him.
Poem Topic Tags: #hope, #iam, #lord, #love, #praise, #salvation, #spirit, #strength, #sunrise, #worship
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Worship and praise poem in all circumstances

Tags: praise, worship, sunrise, storm, iam

kNOw Love

16.06.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

kNOw Love?
Immense, extreme love
not cartoon, no shallow thoughts
not touched by video love
not only ME, my needs.

kNOw love?
love oceans deeper
love universes vaster
love beyond time and timing
searched for
in everyone's heart beat,
Love sacrificed
Love maxed, exciting, eternal
Love wholeness
Love purposeful.

kNOW this Love?
Experiencing Christ's love
Drinking Christ's love
Washing in Christ's love
Living Christ’s love
Giving Christ's love
Walking Christ's love
Voicing Christ's love
Being Christ's love.

Crumbs

11.06.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Crumbs
scraps for hungry,
Fight like rats
in my world of pain,
Dance my tube
to my tune
My lies
candyfloss nothing,
There is nothing
for you,
Who could love you?
Pointless,
Who could care?
It is only black.
Random.

And I walked
to a country festival
to hear a strange guy
called Jesus.

We listened
and I got hungry.

Crumbs
Gather them up
How can it be?
Have we seen heaven
singing today,
Started with
Broken bread,
Started with five loaves
One boy's lunch
Packed by one Mum
taken in the hands
of Jesus,
Ripped
once twice and many times
given away
amazing, heart pounding
We share
And share
And share...
Amazing
How can this be?
What has he done?
Who is He that
talks this love?
shows this love?
So vast.

We smile face to face
As we eat
He cares,
We laugh
He must be God!
We laugh
12 baskets of leftovers
Takeaways
Giveaways
Signs of love always.

Who is this One?
Bread of Life!

Tags: loaves, bread, jesus, love, miracles

Information Terabytes

29.05.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Information terabytes
more than any other time,
Exponential,
streaming screens,
Minds joined.

Coffee stained
wooden slat table,
Cafe friends
Phones in hand
connecting across
city and time,
lost to the now
losing time to a “like”,
Faking friends
to make friends.

Mass overload,
we retreat,
minds dulled
truth diluted
reality lost,
Knowing more
understanding less.

Our words, repetitive
Honouring God in voice,
Like the cafe friends,
In the world
connecting but not,
Only touching
our "like" list.

Breathe Holy Spirit,
Fan fire,
Warm blood
to cold feet,
Pulse moving love
to sluggish hearts,
Burn scars in our hands
To share your sacrifice
To lift the broken
To open freedom
To pray Christ's power
into all life.

Are these just words too?

Social Media Information Overload Christian Poem

Rain Falling

13.05.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Dark night
loved by neons,
rain comes stealing softly
through black blanket,
an orchestra of drops
plays on the roof
while my soul
gently rests
in bed's warmth,
thoughts ease
troubles drain
my heart is flooded
with peace.

Prompt
The sound of rain falling on the roof. How does it make you feel?

Inspired by Extreme Poetry resource (131+ pages of poetry tips and ideas). Click to view and gain access to great poetry forms, lessons and activities.

Tags: rainfall, weather, peace, pupil, sounds

Given Away

01.05.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Years rim her eyes
Tears creep achingly
Surrounding thoughts of past,
Her child given away in pain,
hope's chance,
Now struggling
in adopted family.
Lost to life beyond
Given away separation.

Cuts of rejection,
truth mixed in
life's sewage.

---CHANGE---
Yanks present tense
into future hope...

A startling phone call,
hopeful letter,
proposed tentative visit
newness explored,
fears crazily mix
into possibility dreams.

---CHANGE---
Time kaleidoscopes
past thoughts to today’s
encounter,
Mother hugs transformed baby
Father embraces grown infant
Siblings discover each other
Lost has found
happiness tears,
treasured hugs
tucking of hair behind ear,
shared laughs and
silent peace moments,
now anything
seems possible.

---CHANGE---
Hear the call,
You are
Adopted
sons and daughters,
Afflictions, pain
paid for in
cross dragged hours,
He has sought you,
Run to you,
You are Adored
forever completely
deeply
in Jesus’
resurrection love.

A Person

18.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

A well
of sadness
pooled your
eyes
tears gathered
mirroring outside
your heart inside
I felt drawn
to just you.

I heard about
your troubles
about how your friends
and the men you knew
said, "Let's get smashed.”
They were just hunters.

Can I take your hand
introduce you
to a friend
who never lets
you down?

God knows your heart
hurt
like I never will
I've seen him
change darkness,
make new creations.

Prompt
The mindblowing expanding universe is just amazing.
Poem Tags
#alcohol, #change, #christian, #friendship, #god, #hurt, #jesus, #pain, #poem, #poetry, #spokenword, #video

Loneliness, Friendship and meaning Christian Spoken Poetry Video

The Gap

10.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Simple words
creating pain,
betrayal gaps
between you
and the person
you once knew,
friendship shipwrecked,
Uncomfortable meeting moments,
Eyes avert,
voices whisper,
mind word games
play silently in your head.

A choice...
Bitter write off
Cut the past threads,
Or
Close the gap,
Open the heart,
words of forgiveness
given in courage.

Do you love me?
Feed my lambs.
Do you love me?
Take care of my sheep.
Do you love me?
Feed my sheep.

Do you hear?
Do you hear...
the voice of your Lord?

#caring, #christian, #courage, #decision, #forgiveness, #friend, #friendship, #gossip, #lambs, #love, #poems, #poetry, #risks, #sheep, #spokenword, #whispers, #videos

Making forgiveness decisions to close the gaps and feed the lambs poem

Tags: revival, holyspirit, love, worship, awe

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Drizzle Soak

04.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker | |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Wet cold
Rain fingers
find holes,
clothes tightened
hunched smaller
head down,
hair trickles
eyes watch
puddle captures
Winter drizzle.

WALT: To write a poem to communicate how we can summarise thoughts two words at a time.
Success Criteria:

I have followed the form but shown an ability to vary with intention as needed.
Paired words intentionally and carefully
Creating not just a random set of lines but using craft.
I have correctly punctuated with complex sentences with comma/s.
I have improved vocabulary by utilising a thesaurus.
I can use and credit Creative Commons images.

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A Poem is Not

04.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker | |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

A poem is not a chair, but it can make you comfortable.
A poem is not a fridge, but it can leave you cold.
A poem is not microwave, but it can heat the soul.
A poem is not a carpet, but it covers life's flaws.
A poem is not a curled cat, but it can make you feel warmth.
A poem is not a LED screen, but it entertains.
A poem is not a door, but it can open alternative thoughts.
A poem is not a pathway, but it can take you to new places.
A poem is not a gate, but it can break holes in barriers.
A poem is not a pavement, but it can crack you up.
A poem is not a flower, but it blooms ideas.
A poem is not fresh-air, but it expands mind-lungs.
A poem is not a walk, but exercises aspirations.
A poem is not a scurrying ant, but embraces curiosity.
A poem is not the dappled sun, but it powers creativity.
A poem is not the universe, but it always expands the reader.
A poem is not a bus-stop, but is an alternative beginning.

WALT: To write a poem to communicate how poetry can be fun to play with words and to entertain people with it.

Success Criteria:
* I have followed the form but shown an ability to vary with intention as needed.
* Place in the poem two thoughts about 'me'.
* Creating not just a random set of lines but using craft.
* I have correctly punctuated with complex sentences with comma/s.
* I have improved vocabulary by utilising a thesaurus.
* I can use and credit Creative Commons images.

Inspired by Extreme Poetry resource (131+ pages of poetry tips and ideas). Click to view and gain access to great poetry forms, lessons and activities.

Science research turns into children poetry

Cloud Watching

04.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker | |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Cloud watching,
formation fun,
Puffy domed tops,
wisp layers,
vapour floating,
condensed atmosphere,
Science whiteness
bringing ever-changing imagination,
Cloud Gallery.

This poem came from research about clouds from this website.
WALT:
To write a poem that communicates creatively my thoughts and research.

Success Criteria:

The words we pick fit together
The ideas work together line by line
To use punctuation to enhance the meaning and help the reader.
I have added my own thoughts to put in my voice.
To credit the sources that I used.

Inspired by Extreme Poetry resource (131+ pages of poetry tips and ideas). Click to view and gain access to great poetry forms, lessons and activities.

Trapped

04.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker | |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Mother
Three young mouths
Meagre hope
Threadbare cupboards
Shanty corrugated cage
Husband taken
Cholera's meal.

Whispered words
Propaganda hope suggested,
Cash given
Teenager traded,
Bitten by the trafficker
Real life zombie
Taken to sea.
Sweat fisherman blood.

4 hours sleep
20 hours work
4 hours sleep
20 hours work
4 hours sleep…
Fingers to bone.

No escape
No words
No life.

Fear trap,
Miles of ocean,
Netted life,
Broken arm
if you speak out.

Modern slavery
Forty-five million
cries in the wind,
cries in the Dirt,
cries in the Smoke
cries on the ocean,
Tears in the heart!

WALT:
To give voice to the voiceless.

Success Criteria:
* Use strong: new vocabulary, word images
* Protest against an injustice in our world
* Cut words not needed
* Be creative in getting my point across

Inspired by Extreme Poetry resource (131+ pages of poetry tips and ideas). Click to view and gain access to great poetry forms, lessons and activities.

Memory Fragments

02.04.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker |Pupils |Spoken Word |Video Written by: W Grieve

Remembered instants
heartbeats of significance,
recognition and recall
memories shared,
thoughts painted in our relationship
capturing the moments:
we laughed together,
paused together,
dreamed together,
looked at life together
through time's eye.

These memories
make us
fully human,
alive to the best and worst
of who we are.

Even as we remember
do the memories change?
Elusive wisps of clouds
morphing into different colours
and shapes,
changing our thoughts
feelings of treasured minutes
or painful pasts.

Credits:
Image from:
Pixabay.com
Poetry Type
Found Poem (small ideas from text print)

Ideas from:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/memories
http://www.human-memory.net/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-our-brains-make-memories-14466850/?no-ist

WALT:
To create a poem that captures what memories mean to people so your readers feel your emotion and thinking.

Writing with Pupils Success Criteria:
The words we pick fit together
The ideas work together line by line
To use punctuation to enhance the meaning and help the reader.
I have added my own thoughts to put in my voice.
To credit the sources that I used.

Inspired by Extreme Poetry resource (131+ pages of poetry tips and ideas). Click to view and gain access to great poetry forms, lessons and activities.

Small

06.03.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Small
Unseen
The universe of space
Between molecules
objects, life that seems solid
both living and soulless-
Same,
Electrons spinning
Yet when combined
could be walking, running spirits
or standing-tall tree alive
or floating cloud, snow laced mountain,
Myriad combinations
miracles of reality,
But an existence infested
with pain, poison,
Coexisting alongside passion, love;
Questions sometimes appear
in the hungry void,
between quark and laughter,
What are we?
How do we exist? Why?

Makes you wonder…
or not.

Starting Thoughts: We are all part of an amazing world where the small is almost as infinite as our ever expanding universe.
Poem Topic Tags: #amazing, #creation, #dna, #existence, #infinite, #molecules, #paradoxes, #reality, #seeker, #small, #universe, #wonder
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

The paradoxes and extremes of small and universes in Spoken Word

Crazy

06.03.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Crazy
Beautiful day,
One moment
Praying for cancer-ridden life,
the next- music
heights of worship,
Another eating food together,
Another arms around shoulders
Embracing God
hiding from God.

Church...
The place
Of the seeker, proud, real, fake
Young, old,
Different races, faces
A slice of our world
Same
And yet indelibly different.

How large is our God?

Shades of Grey

21.02.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

I live a life
Shades of grey.
Faded tumbleweed
never smoothly rolling
Unsuited,
Constantly throwing
decision dice
that lead to nowhere
corners, dark alley traps.

From the corner
of my eyes
Colour scratches
at my mind
And when I turn
refracted colour explodes
across my vision, world.

I know this colour.

I recoil
Fear of choice,
of a different voice,
of being drawn
to a different life
…too much…
so I let the street winds
city dust devils
roll me
pick me up
stuff me in
a bleached scarecrow,
now hidden
hung in grey rags
in a monochrome world.

Amazed

07.02.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Seems...
Emotions swirling,
thought kaleidoscopes,
inward depths
but in same moments...
expanding universes.
I can only be...
as I look to You,
think about You...
Spirit rejoicing,
Mind windblowing,
Thought threads colliding
all combining to
Amazing...
A-m-a-z-e-d
at the wonder
of who You are

Prompt
The mindblowing expanding universe is just amazing.
Poem Tags
#amazed, #christian, #creation, #minds, #poem, #poetry, #published, #spokenword, #universe, #wonder, #worship

Ever been amazed at the Universe. Creation Spoken Word Poetry

Rose

10.01.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Memories eye
develops kaleidoscope colours
See this lady
my best friend
a gorgeous woman,
A colour burst
surrounded by intertwined roses
radiating grace, closeness
my love
my Rose.

Yellow diamonds spiral
iris widening past moments of
humour, the so positive lady
yet with hard edges
amazing toughness, perseverance.

Blue circles
the eyes pool depth
I journey with,
Enjoy looking into,
enjoy skipping stones
of reaction over.
Eyes now framed, bigger,
in reading glasses
for our mutual reading,
iPad screens,
comfortable couch silence
together independence.
I watch you
laugh, scroll, like and comment
and just enjoy the social you.

Rose,
Colour mixes of
passion, faith, directness and quick smiles
Words in Wisdom’s season
Amazing Mother
Incredible daughter
Beautiful wife.

You are
my time spanning
kaleidoscope poem,
my vision of
memories colour
my heart's
loving embrace.

Starting Thoughts: A marriage of decades to a wonderful woman-wife is a celebrated in this poem to growing old together.
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #colours, #family, #friend, #friendship, #heart, #love, #marriage, #personal, #seeker, #time, #wife
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Spoken word poetry celebrating a woman, marriage and friendship

Tags: love, wife, Marriage, time, friendship

Sunday Tolls

10.01.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Bells peal
Summoning the battle lines
Satan rubbed
gleeful hands
as people were
called to church.

The Lord stretched
His spirit
to those who came
Victorious loving power
to those that
bothered to claim

But the people
did not love
they couldn't
in division
slander
respectable sin
and divided
they fell
while God waited at the door

And the devil got up
and danced on the altar.

Poetry Topic Tags: #christian, #church, #divided, #division, #gossip, #love, #poems, #poetry, #sin, #slander, #spokenword, #videos

Where there is division we need t cover with love Spoken word poetry video

Tags: love, church, gossip, slander, spirit

Hug

10.01.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Your arms around me
secure
timeless,
I know
and feel love,
Deep love
from a Creator King,
the same voice that sustains
universe extremes
calls my name,
power defined
holding creation
holding me,
God
You remain the same
ever true,
everlasting in Your love.

Isaiah 46:3-4, Romans 8:38-39, Luke 15:20

#christian, #creation, #creator, #hugs, #ove, #poetry,
#poems, #spokenword, #universe, #voice

Tags: hugs, creation, love, timeless, life

Matrix Moments

Media Moments: Question, reflect, connect

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Soul Singer

kNOw Love

Crumbs

Information Terabytes

Rain Falling

Given Away

A Person

The Gap

Drizzle Soak

A Poem is Not

Cloud Watching

Trapped

Memory Fragments

Small

Crazy

Shades of Grey

Amazed

Rose

Sunday Tolls

Hug