A to Z Advent poetry challenge - I

 

The Holy Infant did not gradually infiltrate

Or seep into our world

It was a grand irruption

Of the divine 

Into the profane

A great piercing of our bubble

And we will never be the same

6/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - H

 

Hope of a baby

Reaching out from the distance

Making our lives whole

5/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - G

 

This is a story

Of Mary visited by an angel

Trying not to be afraid

So she went and spent time

With her relative Elizabeth

Who was also pregnant

Both tasked with a big task

Trying to understand

Spending girl time

Together.

4/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - F

Respecting us so much

God came deep into our humanity

Into a modest simple family 

And taught us how to live.

3/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - E

“We saw his star in the East

And have come to worship him”

When we talk about extreme beliefs

This one takes the cake

Imagine following a sign in the sky

All the way 

To a baby 

Wouldn’t you question your guide?

2/12/24

 

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - D

Advent

A time of longing

For things to come

A time full

Of desire

Looking forward

To a hope

And thirsting

For home.

1/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - C

I am captivated

By contemplatives’

Intention

Gazing steadfastly

With undivided attention

Seeing what is really there

Not distracted by noises off

But deeply

Steadily

Observing truth

I aspire to regard like this

Keeping my eyes 

Wide

On the mystery of things

30/11/24