A to Z Advent poetry challenge - T

 

To sit in the very centre of things

As still as a plumb bob

Hanging true

Listening to eternity

Tapping at your door

As Christmas nears

Taking time to hear

The real message 

As Joseph and Mary did

Saying yes

To your wondrous life

Unfolding

17/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - S

 

Coming towards the Nativity

God’s birth seems so basic

But a quiet little moment

Holds just as much eternity

As a powerful sermon

And how often do we resist

The humble silence

Which holds all the world

16/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - R

 

This Gaudete Sunday

We stop our fasts

To celebrate 

With joy unfathomable

What a richness 

About to burst upon the world.

A personal relationship

With our God!

15/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - Q

 

In the quiet of this moment

I close my eyes and sense

The Queen of Heaven.

Mary, the mother of Jesus

Stands before me

With her baby in her arms

Offering him up

For me to hold

I sense the weight 

Of his little body

As I carry him

In safety

As he trusts me to

As babies do

I sense her motherly pride.

This little infant

Planted in her womb

By her acquiescence

Will elevate her to heights

Her humbleness

Could never imagine

14/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - P

 

I am continually shocked

At the lack of acknowledgement

Of the eternal running through

Our nows

As nature shouts it 

Every way it can

And life is renewed

Over and over

With the wondrous

Ebullience of creation

And I can’t help but sing

When I see it

Or at least pat the trees

And thank them for their service

Especially during Advent

Let us take the time 

To ponder the mystical immensity 

In each delicate moment

And give praise

13/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - O

 

It is a time of opening

Of leaving our hearts

Beating on the ground

In response 

To the offerings of love

That abound

12/12/24

A to Z Advent poetry challenge - N

 

Did the animals that night

Wonder at the baby

In their manger?

Did the shepherds wonder 

At the gift of love

The baby brought them?

Did the wise men ponder

The place of 

His humble beginnings?

Who is he 

Who would change the world

And claim the word Nativity?

11/12/24