Poetry Where You Live Poetry and photo site with over 1,650 poems and 660 pictures, along with many links. At least 500 of my poems are faith based. Member of United Methodist Church. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 0 0 42 2015

Articles from Poetry Where You Live

Thy Will 2007-12-13 07:32:00 Thy Will be donehere, now, in this placethis creation, this earthThis place where you have birthed mewhere we share this space togethermembers of your body hereSo is the prayer, within the prayeryou taught us Lordthat the Father’s willwill be donehere, on earthSo we pray each time we joininto one voice, echoingup to the raftersor down to the floor, heads bowedin prayerThat we would do your willand trust in youfor our Daily BreadDecember 13, 2007Matthew 6:9-13 ...

Meditations 2007-12-13 07:24:00 Devotions, reading the wordevery day, messagesfor me, if I will listen, pay attentionwords written for me, for instruction,reflection, to ease my disquiet,to lean on, words of grace, of faith,of trust in the Lord. Words givenby other saints, sinners, on the journeywe all share, individuallyWords on the page, written for each of usto ponder and to put into actionDecember 13, 2007 ...

First Born 2007-12-13 06:34:00 First Born of the creation,of the resurrection of the deadat the beginning, someone to sharethe wonders of the creationour Savior. Timeless and yet humanat the beginning and in the stable laid downwith Him at the start, the instance of timeand born anew by the virgin, raised after deathto rise and sit on high, waiting for the fatherto send him back here, once moreto bring us all homeDecember 13, 2007Based on Colossians 1:11-20 and the sermon,“Imaging Jesus”, by the Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NHNovember 25, 2007 ...

Oaks 2007-12-13 06:26:00 After the rains,the cold heavy fall rains,there wasa different forest, a changeshades of brown, of yellow,the oaks, birches, the dullerevergreens, replacingthe brighter cousins,maples and othersdarker brown, grayer greenforetelling the winter to comethe fall rains, stripping awaythe colors, hunkering downfor winterDecember 13, 2007 ...

Black Ice 2007-12-12 11:25:00 What was the weather forecast,what did they say? Black ice?Words that harken back, bring meto a moment of sadness, of lossSeeing you, the car, the chaosBlack ice, no control, nowhere to gobetween the shoulders, the lines,unknown when or wherethe ice had taken overwhere the surface was no moreand the ice was in controlHidden danger, black iceDecember 12, 2007 ...

Amethyst 2007-12-12 11:20:00 Haunting, warming coloramethyst glass, showing itselfout of the dirt at the bottle dumpSitting pristine in the corner cabinetcatching the lightshade of violet, paling skin, transparent,translucent, quartzemergent colorglinting in the sunstarted 12/12/07 ...

Cemetery Stones 2007-12-12 11:16:00 Tactile memoriesin the cemetery stonesvisual reflections of the timesthe ages in which the country knewimagery of hell, of heaven,of lives as they were lived,or of how they want to be rememberedtactile granite, marble, slate,yielding in their turn to the rain,the ice, the lichen, the moss,the wind, the agesHear the whispers in the windthe feel of the cemetery stonesrough, cool, smoothplaces of remembranceto be feltDecember 12, 2007 ...

Snail Tracks 2007-12-12 11:11:00 Down by the water’s edgein the space between the tidestiny little roads for onethe furrowed rowsmeandering to the seaof the snails cast by the surfup onto the beachpurposely fightingto push their wayinto the waterfor dear lifeStruggling but perseveringbecause they mustDecember 12, 2007 ...

Freshly turned soil 2007-12-12 11:08:00 Something about the forty something temperaturethe warm rain yesterday, the melting snow and icemade my mind wander to springtime once moreto the feel, the smell, the tactile luxuryin freshly turned soil, easing its willto the spade, the trowel, willingly givingitself for the planting of the flowersto bloom oh so shortly, up from the rich solA hope of the spring to comenascent in the warmth of the dayreminding us of the shortness of the seasonsand every season in its timeDecember 12, 2007 ...

Blue Hands 2007-12-12 11:03:00 Laughter, bright holy laughterpreceded the blur of blue, running down the church’s hallwayhands held high, blue past the wrists,barging through the bathroom doorhands touching everything along the wayBlue hands of the giggling boys, the laughing girlsfestooned with colors of their ownlearning a lesson about finger paintsalong with their scripturethat Sunday morningas did their teacherDecember 12, 2007 ...

Cobalt Blue 2007-12-12 10:59:00 For some it was depression glass,others emerald, or Tiffany’sBut for her it was the rich, darkshimmering deep cobalt blueCatching her eye at the tag sale,the little shop, adorning her table,her window sill, her hutchDeep cobalt blue,fall in and spend a while blueDecember 12, 2007 ...

At the Altar Rail 2007-12-12 06:06:00 After the concerns, the celebrationsthe pastors moved to the altar railto lead us in prayerA small smiling facelooked my way, asking for permissionto walk forward, kneel beside her pastorShe stride was determined, purposefulhalf-standing, half-kneeling,leaning into her robenext to the stole, so close to her faceGoing forward, to pray at the altar railher faith, her certainty, a joy to seeDecember 12, 2007 ...

Writers Therapy 2007-12-11 12:57:00 If you get a chance, check out the site, Writer's Therapy - http://writerstherapy.blogspot.com/. I think it is well worth a visit. ...

An Altar Call 2007-12-10 13:20:00 Stepping out of your pewout of our assigned seatingmoved by the message,to step out in faithout of our comfort zoneand kneel at the rail,at your altar Lord,to take on the mantlethe yoke you have for usto do your will and your worknow and in this place.Oh we are timid and slow,sometimes a bit stubborn.Help us Lord, to walk on that waterfearless, eyes on youWhen you callDecember 10, 2007Inspired by the words of Oprah Winfrey,this weekend, in Columbia, SC,in explaining why she is acting nowto support Barack Obama for President ...

Hope in the Desert 2007-12-10 12:29:00 There is hope in the desertthe long suffering of the people of Godhope in the promise of rain, of reconciliationof being back on the path to Zionback in union with GodEven in the midst of winter, there is hopein the coming of the Christ-child,the shoot of Jesse, made king once morethe king in the manger, warm in the stable strawthe swaddling clothing, foretelling his burial;but hope in the death and resurrectionfulfilling all the law, all the prophetsour hope in thee alone, Lord Jesushope in the grace of GodLike the Christmas cactus,bearing flower in the dead of winterwe are reminded each Adventof the hope in the desertthe shoot bearing life,bearing witnessto our salvationfor the promises fulfilledthe promises keptby God aloneDecember 10, 2007Isaiah 35:1-10 ...