Word Live

Word Live is an online bible engagement experience that may include poetry on a particular passage (www.wordlive.co.uk). These are the pieces I have written for them and the verses to which they apply.

A Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15.21-28)

Submitted on 28 Jul 2008

What would he want of me,
for if I come to ask so big a thing,
what can I bring?  read more »

The Ancient Paths (Jeremiah 6.16)

Submitted on 17 Jun 2008

Cupped behind my breath
as I labour through my days
is a pause
that feels like an interruption
until I let its slow measure
wash in like a wave.

It is He,  read more »

Christ a curse for me (Galatians 3.10-14)

Submitted on 2 May 2008

When I come 
into your presence with soft feet
your joy at my attending
fills my cup
and floors the road
I tread upon.

Yet some days drag heavy with  read more »

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