Sunday, December 20, 2015

Christmas Comes ~~ a Whirligig poem

. .  MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL


Christmas;
time to celebrate Jesus' birthday 

brown is a five letter word 

Some of my very best friends

white, red, black, brown, or yellow 


Read their palms, Jesus loves all 

born to die to save the world 

Today Christians burnt for Him 


consonants and vowels we 

Like windows, visible and 

unmarked and vulnerable 


sins forgiven by our God 

paint these words, out of the pant-

ry, "Jesus died for my sin!" 

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Photo and Poem Copyright © 2015 Jimmiehov. All Rights Reserved

On December, 22, 2015, I linked this poem with post, The Tuesday Encounter, at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads (open forum day)
 . and
I am linked with Whirligig, the at Sunday's Whirligig: A Dozen Words for Writers (# 38) 


THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Ghazal for White Hen Pantry" by Jamila Woods: brown, friends, white, palm, born, burnt, consonants, windows, unmarked, sins, paint, pantry.  They are underlined in my 'poem' and you can see I used all twelve words.

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15 Comments:

At Monday, December 21, 2015 3:51:00 AM, Blogger Old Egg said...

Words are wonderful. We can play with them, they can be music to our ears and use them to express our feelings and by our silence speak louder than words. Great post Jim.

 
At Monday, December 21, 2015 6:33:00 AM, Blogger Jae Rose said...

A powerful and heartfelt write...whatever our beliefs your poem has resonance

 
At Monday, December 21, 2015 8:30:00 AM, Blogger Gail said...

Absolutely beautiful. Amen. Merry Christmas.

Thanks for visiting. I did not know that about Hawaii.

 
At Monday, December 21, 2015 3:44:00 PM, Blogger Josie Two Shoes said...

Beautifully done, Jim!

 
At Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4:24:00 AM, Blogger Abbey Michael Boyle Blount Fallin said...

cute imagery.
the snowman is fun.

 
At Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4:44:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A clear and vivid tribute to your belief and faith. Have a wonderful holiday,

Elizabeth

 
At Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:40:00 PM, Blogger Magaly Guerrero said...

Love the idea of being "consonants and vowels... unmarked and vulnerable". The image paints so many possibilities...

Happy Holidays, Jim!

 
At Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:34:00 PM, Blogger Kerry O'Connor said...

Merry Christmas to you and yours, Jim.

 
At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:01:00 AM, Blogger Susie Clevenger said...

Happy Holidays! What a beautiful way of sharing your faith.

 
At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 9:08:00 AM, Blogger kaykuala said...

It is in a way a cleansing of self that matters most! Great write Dr Jim!

Hank

 
At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 9:09:00 AM, Blogger kaykuala said...

....and Merry Christmas and Happy hols to you and Mrs Jim!

Hank

 
At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:35:00 AM, Blogger Angie said...

Red, yellow, black or white, we are precious in His sight. Merry Christmas to your family, Jim.

 
At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:22:00 AM, Blogger Jim said...

Thanks, Angie. That song popped into my mind when I wrote this, first off. But I had to use 'brown' because it was a Whirligig word. Merry Christmas, I'll visit your writing in a couple of minutes.
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At Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:05:00 PM, Blogger Outlawyer said...

A very inclusive poem--thanks, Jim. K.

 
At Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:52:00 AM, Blogger Malia Craig Tagg Lawrence Page said...

sins forgiven,
not to be drown by your intentional sins at the mean time.

 

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