Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Allan

29.09.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

A Rare person
crossing generations
carrying respect, laughter and stories
This was Allan.

When seeking Easter Camp parents
Youth groups quick suggestion
“Allan and Lesley would be cool.”
This was Allan.

An embattled history
struggle with addiction
encounters with Holy Spirit freedom
This was Allan.

Eighty five birthdays
A marriage and family
Fifty three years with a powerful woman’s love
This was Allan.

A smile and opinions
able to hear others
and speak his own strong voice.
This was Allan.

A comic genius
Shelves of adventure worlds
passion, baddies and superness, owned it
This was Allan.

Fireworks ignited
for generations to come
As we look across
gathered friends and family
and absent lives touched
Each of us his memory sparks...
In celebration of Allan - God spark!

Starting Thoughts: The wonderful friends we make in church, people we would never meet apart from our mutual journey in Christ. This poem celebrates the life of one dear friend who recently died and now enjoys life with God in a whole new way.
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #church, #death, #friend, #funeral, #marriage, #memories, #reality, #reallife, #testimony, #tribute
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Celebration of Life in Death Poem Spoken Word

Unfriend

18.08.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Button click
Deed done,
Payback or distance
Achieved,
Another assumption
Relationship Symptom
Like drug overdoses, suicides
Pulling society
down meaningless
Sink holes,
When will you stand
in love's enough,
Sticking to promises,
Standards and boundaries
Encouraging
safety, security, honour
Bringing, being
safety, security, honour,
Bringing, being, choosing
love?

Starting Thoughts: How easy is it to push the unfriend button, to disconnect from others? How often are we unfriending people as we sit on our technology and ignore? Will we take the risk to love?
Poem Topic Tags: #boundaries, #distance, #friendship, #honor, #honour, #love, #payback, #relationships, #safety, #unfriend
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 on relationships, technology, digital devices and our world.

Together Tree

15.03.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Leaf life
time swirls
Blown
strained,
its hold in life
precious stem communication
with nurturing sap.
Leaf battles
storm vortex
but around it
friends
company
sheltering
overlapping , covering
each other
from trouble winds.
Seasons
pass
leaf colours
change into eternity
Christ's church
planted
by streams
of living water.

Starting Thoughts: The most amazing group of people I know are those in our church who honour, love and relate to each other in the best way I have seen in our society. Not perfect, but a living, growing, challenging church open to new ideas and thoughts. It is awesome doing life with these people. Try church!
Poem Topic Tags: #church, #cover, #creation, #friendship, #life, #livingwaters, #love, #storms, #streams, #tree, #troubles
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

The church is a tree of life by living waters - Spoken Word Poem

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

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

Winter Friendship

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

Eyes pulled through
partially opaque
gravity defying
droplets on glass,
to wind bent trees
slashed by fingers
of penetrating rain,
Darkness fogs
the window
that resolutely
shuts off the wintery blast,
battle sounds of
rattled metal roof rain.

Inside
time suspends,
lights dimmed to
unwind level,
music tiptoes softly
from the playlist,
heat pump gurgles
drifting new heat
into the chattering,
relaxing gathering,
one pair couch facing,
leaning towards
talking intently
a third drops cautiously near
sitting on the floor
and is accepted
with body angle changes,
men’s group standing
shoulder conversation circle
sharing laughter,
another on the window seat
temporarily withdrawn
mobile text conversation
pulling her between
the unseen and seen
the away and the now,
nibble creators
bustle in bright kitchen
chattering preparations.

Friends gathered,
a mix of memories
coalescing into the moment,
a chameleon atmosphere of
moods, talk, thoughts
intermingle, rise and fall.

I stretch my
satisfied cat soul,
in lazy camaraderie warmth.

Tags: winter, friendship, rain, clouds, party

Rose Coloured

27.07.2015 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Memories’ eye
opens kaleidoscope colours
labelled friend, 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
with hard edges
of 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 rimmed 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
memories eye
hearts embrace.

Starting Thoughts:
A poem for the lady I have journeyed with over many years. White is made of many colours, just as Rose has many amazing attributes, gifts, skills and strengths. She has a wonderful personality - great growing old with her. Posted for 60th anniversary.
Poem Topic Tags: celebration, colours, family, friend, friendship, heart, love, marriage, personal, seeker, time, wife
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #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

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