SAMPLES FROM LESSON TWELVE-- IDEAS

IDEAS FOR SPIRITUAL POEMS

- Do you have notes written in the Devotions section of your journal? They may give you ideas for --poems.

- You could write about a Biblical theme such as faith.

- Express your feelings and love for God; this could be a prayer in poetry form.

- Spiritual poems can be written so that others will find meaning in them. A poem, for instance, may
--portray the comfort of God.

- Poems may contain word pictures that have spiritual meanings. (Refer to Never Hidden, the poem --on page 44.)

- Poetry can express a longing for closeness with God; it can also express the reality of that closeness.

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Exercise: Using the ideas above, list some specific ideas for poems with spiritual themes.

Exercis--e: (If you wish, start by thinking about the love of God.)

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ASSIGNMENT TWELVE: Write an open form poem. This means you will not follow a preplanned rhyming scheme like you did when writing couplets and quatrains; you may choose to write your entire poem without rhyme.

(If you have the Word of God deep inside of you, it often flows into your writing. For an example of this, read the open form poem below.)

Saviour
He is the Mighty One; humble as a babe in a manger, great in power, in Whom all things are made . . .
	He comes as a child, He comes as a man, He comes in the clouds - The Great I Am.
Gentle as a lamb, sharing meekness with His fold.
	Bold as a lion, arriving with a sword; His enemies predestined a footstool for His feet.
Son of the Father He makes Himself known;
	in His holiness I tremble, yet His love draws me near.
I awake in the moonlight when He shows Himself again;
	caressed by His sweet breath, my soul surrenders all, captured by the power of His gentleness.
Mercy in the eye of the Lion; strength in the Lamb called Servant.
	The Lion, the Lamb, one in the same - willingly brought to the slaughter, clothed with power from on high;
		His voice creating worlds, His whisper in my heart . . .
The Lion, the Lamb, One in the same;
	Judge of the earth, Lover of my soul;
Where will you stand in His eyes?
(Dawnelle Jenkins, Copyright © 2000)