Four Light Hearted Poems on Acts…

“Paul and the Levitical Pickle” A scribe sat down with ink and scroll,Intent to grasp the Gospel whole.He’d read of grace and Spirit’s flameThen Paul arrived and changed the game. “Now hold,” said Paul, “the Law was good,But Christ fulfilled it as He should.No need for goats or temple ritesJust faith and love and sleepless …

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Ode to My Modesty (Which Is Obviously Supreme)

Prompt: What’s the trait you value most about yourself? Of all my traits, both bold and bright,One shines with understated light.It’s not my charm, nor dashing grace,(Though frankly, I could win that race). It’s not my wit, though razor-sharp,Nor how I play the angel’s harp.It’s not my art, divine and grand,Or how I fix things …

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If You Could Be Any Fictional Character, Who Would It Be?

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? “Who Shall I Be? Oh, if I could be a chap from a tale,  With swagger and wit (and maybe some ale),  I’d pick someone grand, or silly, or sly—  Here’s who might catch my whimsical eye! Sherlock Holmes—so …

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Dear dead me… a poem

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Dear Joseph A century spun, Joseph, a life complete, Now hushed in slumber, where shadows meet. No breath you draw, no sun you feel, Just echoes softly, the years reveal. A hundred rings, a whispered name, Through fields of memory, a flickering flame. The touch of time, a …

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