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Shalom

05.12.2021 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Reverberations shake
your foundations
crumbling direction
clouding vision
breaking tainting staining
even the best of who you are
The Loudest voices
embed claws of influence
dragging tears of
connecting dark echoes
into your soul.

Throw off the confusion
Cut the cords of chaos
the untruth,
Focus the blade on
removing distractions
carve out the dissonance,
infuse instead harmonies
of love
healing division
building the kingdom
on the Rock
revealing Christ’s truth,
Trusting
Bowing before the
Prince of Peace
and embrace shalom;
perfect peace.

Isaiah 26:3

Starting Thoughts:
What is your foundation built on? How easily does your confidence in who you are crumble?
Poem Topic Tags: #distractions, #division, #influence, #peace, #shalom, #voices
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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Love First

13.11.2021 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

If first
front and centre
I believe loudly
speak loudly
gossip loudly
behave strongly
react strongly
If first I
become more of the noise
become more protest
become more social media
more arguments
more righteous anger
more fear
more hate
but live without love
stand up without love
listen without love,
I live for nothing,
Without love
I won’t be known,
not be truly free
not be truly me
I won’t be Known
as one who walks
like Christ
with the love of Christ
connecting me
with a cord
that can’t be broken
to others who
in their differences
variety
thinking
are also God’s kingdom
here on Earth.

Look at Christ
See Jesus
the Saviour’s eyes,
live in His love,
be His love,
for by our love
love in action and truth
we will be known.

Bible Verses
1 John 3: 16-18, 1 Corinthians 13, John 13:35
Starting Thoughts:
As we react to each other across the church, nation, earth and we seem to make more noise and less sense what does Jesus say?
Poem Topic Tags: #protest, #action, #body, #church, #freedom, #identity, #kingdom, #known, #love, #media, #noise, #power
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

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Did You Hear?

13.11.2021 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Did you hear?
Did you listen?
In the stream
of your constant words
in the vortex
of your criticism crisis
in the negativity
of idea paralyses
in the absence
of love’s gratefulness
in the increase
of new hatefulness,
Why is the power
important?
Why do you feel
impotent?
Why do you
need so much to win?
Why has my life
let you down?
Why do the praises
I hear resound hollow?

Let me take your
minds and broken hearts
again, and again and again
I am big enough
to take it all,
Let my goodness
my love
my knowledge of you
my love for others
around you
all people in your life
shape you, grow you
create more you in you,
Let me heal a nation
through a people
holding tight
to the power of
love through the cross,
give it away
a life striving
a life surviving
Be the humanity
of the kingdom arriving
with my heart.
Be my body
be everyone
who I desire you to be
Love your true identity
in the body
in my church
in my nation
arise together
laugh with me
be free with me
be awake with me
smile with me
breathe with me
dance in the rain with me
in harmony with me
be the resting place
of love with me.

Bible Verses
Ephesians 3
Starting Thoughts:
As people divide on different sides of Covid arguments friendships and relationships are broken. How easy is it to take something and allow it to stop love between people, halt respect, give lie to the past together.
Poem Topic Tags: #big, #body, #church, #criticism, #cross, #hearing, #identity, #listening, #love, #negativity, #peace, #power, #praise, #words
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

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Conquered by Division

12.11.2021 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

We thought we knew
our world
our life
our futures
Then airports shut
distance became
distance again
homes became
prisons and playpens
businesses shuttered
and viruses spread
in bodies and minds,
Uncertain times
with blindness of future,
reverberating noise
Fear atmospheres
and shadows shaking
thoughts and reactions,
Fight and flight
collapsing logic
strangling
the way I used to think
shuttering my humanity
closing my care,
creeping chaos,
manipulative media,
arguments and acid anxiety.

What will I choose
these echoes of
disintegration and violence
severing relationships
dividing hearts,
Or through me
Allow others to see
our God’s gentleness
our God’s kingdom
our God’s love?

Will I let go
think on, meditate on
have eyes for
Jesus,
See God
Give God the fear
the struggles
and choose life
choose grace
choose restoration
choose God’s peace
and give the peace of God?

Starting Thoughts:
While watching a video about bullying in a school I picked up my phone and started writing.
Poem Topic Tags: #virus, #arguments, #covid19, #distance, #division, #fear, #gentleness, #love, #peace, #relationships
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

Stop

10.05.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Stop
Be still
Be open
Know…

Know love
Know the One above
Know I am
Know God is God

Stop
Surrender
Rest
In Expectation…

Know Power
Know the Ancient One
Know the Mighty Voice
Know the whisper of faith

God will be God!

Starting Thoughts: Do we need to STOP, to catch a moment where our hearts and minds slow giving time for our spirits, our souls, to catch up.
Poem Topic Tags: #faith, #iam, #peace, #rest, #soul, #spirit, #surrendered
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #jesus #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Spoken word poem on finding stillness and knowing our amazing God

Tags: quiettime, surrender, peace, god

Whisper Start

04.08.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

It starts with a whisper
A call to the new
To hope
To peace
To courage
To forgiveness
To live love
Know love
Be love.

Starting Thoughts: Before the Beatles, Jesus Christ had a song about love being all we need. It is so true, so basic, so profound, so needed in our world today as many people put increasing distance between them and others.
Poem Topic Tags: #actions, #call, #courage, #disciples, #forgiveness, #honour, #hope, #love, #peace, #whisper
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

The love from God, shown in reality through Christ - poem

Tags: whisper, love, forgiveness, hope, peace

Be Big

23.09.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The cracks
spread searing
crazy darkness
across the facade
of my mind,
Imprinted patterns
of behaviour.
This me
My fast past.

What are the words
we speak?
to our looks
Our failures, our successes
Is it time to
Realign
to break free
from thought slavery?

Renewing minds
Allowing Christ
To game change
and build a
Firm foundation.

Set your mind on the kingdom
Shifted minds stillness
Aware of God’s thinking
Purpose
Bow your mind
Connected, breathing together
lingering, dwelling with God
impossible possibilities
fearless of death,
Now a Human be-ing.

Poem Tags
#spoken-word, #poetry #love, #god, #life, #faith, #peace, #rest, #minds, #spoken-word

Prompt
The cracks of life in our minds. So hard to find peace, rest to "be" in the moment.

Finding peace from the cracks in your mind.

Deep Love

10.10.2016 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Your love
both a whisper
and a roar,
Eternally true,
forever risking
bubbling light
reassurance deep
infusing peace
cascading wild,
Leading my heart.

Your hand
takes,
cares,
Calms our fears,
Friend,
Saviour.

I am your new creation.

Starting Thoughts: The love of God is full of extremes: powerful and gentle, whisper and roar, This poem explores a few of these.
Poem Topic Tags: #cascading, #creation, #fears, #love, #peace, #roar, #saviour, #water, #waterfall, #whisper
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 the love of God that has wonderful contrasts.

Tags: love, whisper, peace, fears, water

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?

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Tags: rainfall, weather, peace, pupil, sounds

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Shalom

Love First

Did You Hear?

Conquered by Division

Stop

Whisper Start

Be Big

Deep Love

Rain Falling