Inspiring Poems – ‘Easter Wings’

I love the way this poem actually draws wings in the way it is set out on the page! (see the image above) But there are some even more beautiful touches... Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,      Though foolishly he lost the same,            Decaying more and more,                  Till he became                        Most poore:                        With thee                  O let me rise            As larks, …

Images of Hope (4)

It is early in the morning and three women are travelling. They pass through a gateway of dead trees. They were expecting this to be a journey to a grave. And yet despite the grey colouring of most of the painting, there rises the warmth of the sun, starting to add colour and warmth to …

Day of Light

A day of light . A day when night . Dissolved into infinity . A day of mystery . A day when grace . Restructured history . A day when death . Lay undisturbed . While life rose higher . Exalted by a living word.

Shadows Must End

  A meal, a symbol of shared trust -   Yet shadows, betrayal, linger, which must   End in a darkness, in desperate loss -   A garden of agony, a cross.                

Inspiring Paintings: Easter Morning, Friedrich

  That morning Standing in the gloom   All in a darkness As a tomb   Yet rising above Through endless night   And cloud-filled skies - The faintest light.   With thanks to @artistfriedrich, whose post on Twitter inspired this  

You will bloom

Seek to know God   All who have been struck, who have been bound -   His appearing is as sure as the dawn, as the spring showers -   And you will be found, you will bloom like the flowers -   You will revive, and, amazed,   Be warmed by the love - …

The Stars Remember

A day of darkness   A day when all hang down their heads   Yet glimmering in the cusp of night   The stars remember offerings of light.