Mary Grace Writing

Tag: Christian poetry

  • Delight

    Delight

    Do you delightin melike a piece of poetry, understood by poetdifferentlythen reader? Do you rejoiceto seeevery part of me, as I spill words across your page? Free to bepure alchemymixed by Creator’s quill. Bubbling with will. Rephrasing me,EMBOLDENED be, speaking full while hushed and still. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Joy

    Joy

    Found in simple spaceswhen lights have dimmed to easeweariness of day from shoulders prone. In the morning beamswhere radiance singsreserving stage for feathered accompaniment notes. Shimmers in the shadowslike the fuzziness of heat,but greats in bells that chime with chirping mirth. Often hid amidwide open spaceblending with a magic you can not trace. Given to…

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  • Six Word Stories (19)

    Why is spring so fraught with rain? Why does it pour and spatter and spit? Dissolving snow and rinsing grime from my window pane, it’s like He knows the earth needs a good morning shower. Or is it grief, a liquid love? Does He weep for those who have fallen asleep in the cold shadow…

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  • Tresses

    Tresses

    Tips bright with borrowed light.Soaked every strand,took command. Roots show through in ashen hugewhisper of years demands,open hands. Wisps arrayas standing troops,gently falling into loops. Crowning character.Grounding finger,through tresses linger. Catching thoughtsin websof morning knots. Pulled and furled,twist or braid,spreading gray is unafraid. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Christmas Crystals

    Christmas Crystals

    With dampness in the air they clingto just about everything.Every limb is painted white,making night a bit more bright. ©Mary Grace van der Kroef 2020

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  • Christmas Orange Collection

    Christmas Orange Collection

    1 Sent permeates air citrus juices flow and squirt orange is happiness

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  • Oneness All Our Own

    Warmth of oneness all our own, a wealth neither has ever known. Together in a permanent state under the firmament.

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  • Push

    Push

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  • Grief/Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day

    Grief When you long When your strong…

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  • Give Thanks, World Mental Health Day

    Thank you for the food I eat Even though I can’t taste it Thank you for the warmth of home Even though I’m still chill Thank you for my loved ones Even though my heart is lonely Thank you for the laughter Even though I don’t join in Thank you for each breath Despite this…

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