This is the next installment of my "Sonnets for Advent" series based on the scripture readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you.
Sonnets for Advent: Thursday week 1
Sonnets for Advent: Wednesday week 1
This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you.
Sonnets for Advent: Tuesday week 1
This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you. #sonnetsforadvent
Sonnets for Advent: Monday week 1
This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you. #sonnetsforadvent
Sonnets for Advent: Sunday week 1
This year my home church is doing daily readings for Advent. I got pretty excited at the idea of a corporate reading exercise. This excitement dovetailed in my mind with my current exercises in scripture poetry. I thought I would try to turn our daily Advent readings into sonnets.
Gospel Blessings: a poem based on 1 Peter 1:3-5
O blessed be the Father and His Son,our one and only savior, Jesus Christ,whose mercy lavished on our sinful fleshrenewed us unto this abundant hope,this new life, that enriches more than now,it stretches to our life beyond this plane. For Christ, the resurrected one, has throughHis life and death destroyed the grave's dark night.Moreover, to... Continue Reading →
I love the LORD because he heard my voice…: a poem based on Psalm 116
I love the LORD because he heard my voicewhen I wept endless tears for Mercy’s touch.Steadfast, faithful to his promise hetook hold of me and shielded me from death.He promised if I turned to him in painHe’d pour his loving-kindness on my wounds.And now, I’ve tested this and can proclaimHe brings redemption to a spirit... Continue Reading →
i’m dragging my feet…
i’m dragging my feet to bed (to bed)shattered and achinghalf dead, half deadwith exhaustion i’m tired and i needto sleep, to resti can't take anymore ofthis tangled messaround me the darkness of sleep seemsso welcomingthe warmth of unconsciousness,blanket of peaceand lilies No. walk on for there’s still workto do (to do)and people relyingon you, on youto... Continue Reading →
Charlotte
Charlotte is screaming in my head i named Her Charlotte after Bertha Mason(this makes sense in my screaming head)She climbs the walls of my skullalternately laughing and cryingand always screamingalways, always screaming i get so desperate to shut her up that i caress dangercold knives graze my fingertipsjust a little harderbleed the woundwarm baths invite... Continue Reading →
UNCLEAN: a poem
If I could carve a word into my armI think that it would be the word “UNCLEAN.”I feel an outcast everywhere I goand bring a curse on everyone I love.So if you see me shifting to the sha-dows of the room, away from everyone,it’s probably because I am afraidyou’ll realize what I already know. It... Continue Reading →
R. C. Svendsen 