Poetry
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Reflections From Life Itself

 

 

Poetry.

Whoever would have thought that among all the possible means of expression, it would be poetry that reached into my life to draw out those emotions and thoughts and fears and expressions of joy that remained otherwise inaccessible. To have suggested such a thing so many years ago would have seemed beyond reason and hopelessly ridiculous. Yet the undeniable truth is that poetry — even the amateurish scratchings of a novice such as I am — has been an instrument of healing and expression that has been used of God in my life and in the lives of others.

My friend, pastor, and mentor, Brian Morgan, has stated well the case for poetry as a means of reaching the depths of the heart. In his work, Give Me An Authentic Voice, he states, The power of the poem causes us to be still and allow musings and stirrings that have been brewing deep within our soul to surface, and then they find shape and form through memory and metaphor. In public recitation of the poem we can find eternal significance (spiritual integration with ourself, our God, and our community) as we pause along the journey.

Here I share some musings and stirrings through the years.