Back in 2013, someone on Facebook suggested a fun, quick, creative activity, which I jumped on right away. You choose a few books and create a short poem from the titles.
Here’s my stack and poem from 2013.
Daring greatly/certain women/ leaving the church/ rally the really human things/and run/into the free
I would like to say that in 2013 I was in a struggle with the Church . . . but today I am at peace there, and I’m not “leaving” church. I still very much appreciate the writings of Barbara Brown Taylor, and we both had essays published in an anthology back in 2012, Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality.
So, today I chose 5 more books (See photo at top of post) and created a new poem:
The steps we take/to salvage this world/and begin again/in a place like Mississippi/and often experience a second blooming.
Shout outs to the author of the books I chose for this activity: Ellen Ann Fentress, Michael Ferris Smith, and Ralph Eubanks.
It’s a quick, fun activity. Give it a try!