Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Universe Contrasts

01.05.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Milky Way,
childlike name for
a small smear
in an expansive universe,
boundless space beyond
our thoughts,
Earth
so small
invisible in the universe,
yet sweeping
is the landscape of Earth
seaside sand beaches and sandcastles
flow to farm studded plains
rivers snaking and sparkling through
from snow capped alps
overlorded themselves by dark towering
thunderhead clouds,
Contrasting beauty stillness;
song of bellbird
patterns of design
in flowers, seed heads,
all displaying
vast and macro smallness,
two universes of space and closeup.
revealing a love extreme
infinite God almighty
yet one who knows me by name,
loves me
loves all
because of His very nature.

Prompt
The vast and the tiny of our universe leads to God.

Tower Trees: Triangle or Pyramid Poetry

04.04.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Pupils Written by: W Grieve

T
Trees
Towering trees
Towering trees telescoping
Towering trees telescoping taller

Software used: Draw and Tell on iPad

WALT:
To write in the style of "Pyramid Poetry" incorporating another literacy device that you can explain within your poem.

Success Criteria:
• You have successfully made the pyramid shape.
• You can explain your application of one other literary devices.
• Have followed the form but shown an ability to vary with intention as needed.
• Placed in the poem strong thoughts about the topic
• I have improved vocabulary by utilising a thesaurus.
• I can use and credit Creative Commons images.

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Morning Snapshot

11.02.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Pupils |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Cold morning soldiers
of dew and mist
guard the autumn sunrise
and silently creep
over walls and gardens,
the last few flowers
nearly yawning
an awakening birth,
Time is paused in
grey moments,
somehow
suspended between
stolen nights and fleeting days,
rust leaves stir sleepily
sharing quiet whispers
too afraid to
break the hush.
A car door slams
and engine coughs,
reluctantly turning over,
it noisily revs off
doppler decreasing
and silence descends again…

too late
daybreak magic has been lost,
the frozen moment thaws
and a myriad noises
clamber upwards
into the fading mist.

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Seagull

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

Freedom symbol
soaring wings

Annoying in duckpond
snatching bread from ducks

Hammerdrill screech
killing positive thought

Jaunty red beak
Clean white dress feathers

Filth grubber
mounded refuse tip

Flocks wheeling
strength in numbers

Beady eye drama
Watching opportunity

Bird
Human

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Bush Shadows

04.04.2014 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker | |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

On inside rain-trapped days....

My eyes remember
Bush dark ferns, manuka trunks,
Sunlight strokes,
Shaping shadows,
My feet remember
dirt track, dust covered boots,
My face remembers
light breeze just stirring,
My body remembers
stationary silence- leaning to beauty,
My heart, my mind remembers
peaceful colours, tranquil contrasts.

Sunset dips,
Night bucket fills,
Painting black.

WALT:
To communicate an experience, with descriptive language, so that others can feel they are there.

Success Criteria:

Others can feel they are there, remember times like this themselves.
To capture a memory using the 'feeling' sense mainly.
Short simple thoughts, one per line
To use ellipsis (can be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence), fullstops and capital letters.
Unnecessary and small words cut out.

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.

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Universe Contrasts

Tower Trees: Triangle or Pyramid Poetry

Morning Snapshot

Seagull

Bush Shadows