Poem of the month | Slather by Colleen Jantzen
Every knick
Every cut
Every burn
Every bruise
You see
You know
You understand
Perfectly
Slather on
Lather on
Compassion
Mercy
Healing
Grace
I need it
We need it
Every
Single
Day
Poetry with Colleen Jantzen
I wait for
I welcome
You
Peace bringer
Life giver
Divine One
Deliverer
Redeemer
Blessed restorer of all things
Poem of the month with Colleen Jantzen
Come Let me tuck you in It’s time for Rest I see you so (take the
Give Thanks | Colleen Jantzen
Spaces of gratitude
Grow when
I notice little things
(the easily taken for granted that escape my/our notice things
while we rush and shout and shove about)
Walk | Colleen Jantzen
Jesus walked
He
Walked
So
That means
In Him
With Him
Through Him
For Him
Poet of the Week | August by Colleen Jantzen
August arrives
Coreopsis blooming
Geese grown now preening Air snappish
Soup or salad
I bring the Fall to you Jesus What to do
What not to do
What to do
What not to do
You
Decide
Jesus
For me
Verdant | A Poem by Colleen Jantzen
All you have
Is a
scorched/dry/barren land/life
There has to be lots of rain Lots
Embrace it
Welcome it
(or)
Put up with it
(at least)
Let it rain
Anew | Poetry by Colleen Jantzen
Every breath
Your breath in me
A chance to begin
Anew
Virgin Verses | Poetry by Chukwemeka C.Mbah
He said the sun rises in my glittering eyes
That heaven is hid between my very thighs
And will persevere till he finally makes it to heaven
He spoke sweet sounding sermons as time ticked eleven
Words like fetters, held hostage a lass due home for seven
She Stole Our Hearts ~Amanda Gorman ~ American Inaugural Poet of 2021
She was the face we were waiting to see. Her Facebook page describes in her three words: poet, writer and