As you know, this has been the launch week for Velvet Ashes (Woot, woot!) and part of our routine is to hang out on Friday’s at The Grove. Each week Danielle will give us a word/phrase and then we’ll share. This week the word is:
And for some reason I’ve been lead to write a poem.
I know, it kind of makes me feel squishy on the inside thinking of my poetic abilities. But if we are in this together, you’ll live and I’ll live. :). Right?!
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To get her
out of her lost state
He died and rose
To get her
a life of unique purpose
he called her to distant shores
To get her
out of her ignorance abroad
He helped her learn the ways of her new home
To get her
from floundering and alone
He placed her in community
To get her
really get her and her jokes,
her strengths, her holes, her gifts
He brought them
Together
Awesome! This so made me smile!
Kristi, thanks for not leaving me hanging :). And coming from such a truly gifted poet like yourself, I’ll smile sheepishly back at you :)
I told you once that I thought you could write poetry. Your gift with metaphor naturally flows in that direction. You’ve done your niece proud too I’d bet! :)
Ha!! Oh I’ve got a long way to go to get to her skill :). But you are kind.
I felt squishy about offering up my own poetic (dis)abilities this week. But it’s kind of fun to see what comes out when you let the inspiration flow, no? And yours flowed out into pure loveliness. Love this.
It was surprising what came out :). Love it when God surprises us.
Love this, most especially the last stanza. Not sure how God can bring all my quirks together….but someday I hope I can say words something like those. Super glad I can say the first stanza with all the gratitude that comes from knowing it’s true!
Oh for that day to come more quickly for all of us :)
This is wonderful! Can so relate! Love you!
Awesome poem, Amy! Love this! (No squishiness – all beauty!) :)
Great poem Amy! I love the 3rd stanza as that was definitely me during my time in China.
:) … I love how it is that our paths crossed and have stayed crossed all these years!
This is beautiful. Just beautiful.
I love that the Math Geek has morphed into a Poet!
Oh Patty, I am SO much more comfortable around math problems than poems. That’s for rooting, tooting sure!
Amy, what an original take on the word “Together.” I love this poem. I may have to write my own because I sure do love a good poetry prompt.
Did you have months to work on this? You have an inside track on this word thing?
That was SO creative. Not that you NEED months to be that creative…I’m digging a hole here.
My point: loved it and I think it totally encapsulates what God does to a woman overseas. Refining for sure.
This was one where my patterns obsessed brain went to work. Together …. to … get … her. Now let’s all be afraid if next weeks work is something like “friend” — we’ll get fried in the end?! Yikes, see how badly this could go :).
Alone we go fast; TOGETHER we go far.
Tammy LOVE this!!
Genius. Love it.
Love this!
Amy, I loved this poem and although I don’t think I know you, your sense of humour really comes across! Like you I also enjoy patterns and I love the way you’ve used “Together” creatively.