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Tag: christian poem

Surgery & Sanctification

July 5, 2021 Ryanne_JM

The “wounded surgeon” works while I’m awake And only by compassion does not break The heart which beat so steady yet so dead While severed

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VII. The Blind Man (8:22-26)

March 1, 2021 Ryanne_JM

Touch me, someone,That I might know you’re there! Greet me, anyone,So I am not aloneIn this dark, dark, darkness. I am begging,Begging for more than

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IV. The Leper (1:40-45)

February 19, 2021 Ryanne_JM

Unclean,I hide myself.Lest I am seenAnd sent away,Purged from the cityWhile dogs and rats are allowedTo stay and hide in its alleys, Infect its crevices.

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III. Jairus’ Daughter (5:35-43)

February 19, 2021 Ryanne_JM

As so often happens, life took priority over poetry. Indeed, I fear this is one of the reasons I am not destined to be the

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Stubborn Justice

October 25, 2020 Ryanne_JM

Reformation Sunday always startles me into awe. As a staunch rule-follower, I am constantly shocked by the reminder of God’s grace in Christ. Of course,

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