Does anyone here write poetry or haiku’s ?

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    Janellebelovedpig
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      I’ve been thinking about Matthew 12:43-45 and the unoccupied house.

      May it never return to peek inside

      And find my heart swept clean, unoccupied

      Let its abuse, its dark, its lies

      Wander deserts fore’er; Lord, make it die

      Come, Lord Jesus, come abide

      My eyes Your threshold

      My ears Your windows

      My mind Your home

      My heart Your abode

      May it and its seven friends all fall

      Never knowing inside my walls

      ‘Cause there’s no room, no not a stall,

      When Christ is magnified and fills all

      My door is open. Lord, fill these halls

      Come, Lord Jesus, and welcome home

      Guard me with peace

      Safe from the beast

      May its knocks cease

      Bolt as You please

      Come, Lord Jesus, abide in me

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      Allison
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        @janellebelovedpig

        Thats really good! I love reading your poetrey!

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        Janellebelovedpig
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          Inspired by Psalm 32:8-9, Abraham’s faith, and seeking God’s direction. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.” I think that God won’t drag us into following Him. A beloved horse is one that comes to its master happily. Willingly. I want to be more like that.

          As I pray, I am uncertain

          Of my path You will to take;

          I’m afraid of moving onward

          And the trust, the leap of faith

          The road that I will travel

          May have rocks

          Or smooth green grass.

          Yet this I know, so I will follow:

          You have blazed

          And walk this path.

          Father will, that I may follow

          Your lead by Your great grace.

          Not with rope nor bit nor bridle;

          Nudge me sure with guides of strength.

          While no faith will make me waver,

          May my tarrying

          Soon to pass.

          I’ll have faith and so to follow

          As You walk

          Me on this path.

          Stepping out and seeking mission,

          My Lord is all I need.

          Help me be about Your harvest

          Planted from true Gospel seed.

          Your grace in me unsquandered

          Let my life

          Live so to prove.

          In Your will, now I’ll follow

          Your path blazed

          Prepared to use.

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          Felicity
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            @janellebelovedpig

            Beautiful poem! Amen. I want to be more like that too! Thanks for sharing!

            He must increase, but I must decrease.

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            Janellebelovedpig
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              @acancello @felicity

              Awh, thank you so much! 🤗

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              Janellebelovedpig
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                Chosen bride, My dear beloved,
                She I’ve loved before the start,
                I intend to keep My promise:
                Beyond death ne’er shall we part.

                Do not fear for I’ll be with you
                In the good times and the bad,
                Times you’re sick or free from illness,
                Joy made full or filled with sad.

                Acts of saints sewn in your linen,
                Pure and fine and righteous bright
                Clothe yourself to be ready.
                My house is built and filled with light.

                “Amen and Hallelujah!”
                May the Father say it’s time
                Ready, bride, to Me be married?
                Prove faithful; dear, be Mine.

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                Starshiness
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                  @janellebelovedpig Oo missed these earlier, but so beautiful, I love them 💕

                  I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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                  Starshiness
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                    Since I’ve written wayyyyy too much poetry to showcase all of it here, we’ll take just a few from the past month lolll

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                    I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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                    Starshiness
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                      I’ve been doing a thirty day poetry writing challenge on my writergram and now, 25 days in with only a few more to go I thought I’d share a couple of my favs!

                      Vines, fingers, relationships
                      Thorny tethers, one
                      Instruments of feeling, two
                      Egregiously aggressive emotion inducers, three
                      Vines
                      Fingers
                      Relationships
                      One, Two, Three.
                      Tangled, twisted, gnarled? All of the above.

                       

                      Pristine wings spread wide I take a breath, prepare to fly, then- My own competence now I doubt; should I make this venture at all lest I besmirch these immaculate tools of flight-
                      Hesitate,
                      Second guess,
                      I wonder
                      Then again,
                      Whoever heard of a bird
                      who wouldn’t fly for fear of dirtying his feathers?

                       

                      My papa met an angel once
                      an ethereal seraph.
                      She had no wings
                      (well, none that he could see)
                      rather, it was her golden heart that leaked proof of her divinity

                       

                      Polychromatic hues of green and gold
                      slashed through the beams that were her eyes;
                      Her tresses, soft and silken,
                      matched the sun in perfect shade.

                       

                      He swore her smile
                      celestial in all its splendor
                      was laced with supernatural force;
                      their attraction, magically magnetic,
                      left naught but for nature to run its course.

                       

                      My papa met an angel once,
                      and though she still denies it to this day
                      My mama knows he’ll never see her
                      in any other way.

                      I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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                      Janellebelovedpig
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                        Wow! Those are awesome @starshiness 💕 I love the one about the angel. It’s so sweet!!

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                        Janellebelovedpig
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                          In the Before

                          The very first days

                          The days You spoke the word

                          and the world was made

                          Wisdom was there

                          Building away

                          Building the way that her Master proclaimed.

                          Here in the now

                          These very days

                          The days I feel silly and can’t see His face

                          Wisdom’s still here

                          building away

                          Working on renos for the Master to stay.

                          And in my mind

                          She’s making a place

                          A place that will prove the wonders of grace.

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                          Allison
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                            @janellebelovedpig @starshiness

                            You guys are so amazing at writing poetry! I haves some  I would love to share also (Though they are not nearly as good as yours) But I have them all written on paper and cant find any 🙂 Ill look! 😀

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                            Starshiness
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                              @janellebelovedpig Aw thx! <3

                              I seriously love your spiritual poems. They flow so smoothly and read so well! I seriously think you should consider submitting them here for publication 👀 -> https://unlocked.org/writers-guidelines/ <- I write devotionals for this sometimes, and they also publish poetic forms with biblical messages. I’ve only ever submitted two poems to be published by them, but both were accepted. They tend to feature a good bit of poetry for the daily devotion, so I think you’d have a chance if you’re interested! I feel like so many people could be blessed by your words 🙂

                              And this goes to the rest of y’all too! Tho some of y’alls poems might exceed the word count… lollll.

                              I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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                              Starshiness
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                                @acancello Awww thank you! Ooo yes I’d absolutely love to hear them if you can find any!!

                                I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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                                Elanor
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                                  Lost Love 

                                  This is from my heartache knowing two dear sisters in Christ were going through the pain of having said goodbye to loved ones whom they had held very near to their hearts. 

                                  When love’s lost

                                  It takes with it a heavy cost

                                  So full of love

                                  For those God gave from above.

                                  This love so fills

                                  That it bubbles up and spills.

                                  Overflowing

                                  Beautifully overwhelming.

                                  When you’ve partaken

                                  Of a sweet treasure from heaven.

                                  Yet time is short

                                  Taken away

                                  From earth’s reach to Heaven’s beauty

                                  Time’s like a snail.

                                  And your soul lets forth a great wail.

                                  Your heart’s shattered

                                  And your strength is torn and tattered.

                                  It’s pieces fall

                                  One couldn’t hope to gather them all

                                  Hope then does depart

                                  There’s One who knows

                                  A blanket of comfort bestows.

                                  He sees the stain

                                  Feels  weight of eternity’s pain

                                  It broke His heart

                                  To see mankind from Him depart.

                                  Yet loved enough

                                  To put it all on Himself

                                  But great Thou art!

                                  Simply believe

                                  And freely His comfort receive.

                                  He gathers up

                                  Each shard giving slivers of hope

                                  Rearranging

                                  For the masterpiece He’s making.

                                  A mosaic

                                  Of colors replaces the black.

                                  Makes mayhem art.

                                  There is beauty

                                  That comes from the sin’s tyranny

                                  From greatest pain

                                  Comes an even greater gain

                                  Learning to trust

                                  Even when your heart has burst

                                  Accepting change

                                  Not staying tied in the cage

                                  Frees the chained heart

                                  When love’s lost

                                  It takes with it a heavy cost

                                  "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf

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