One of the poetry prompts in the writers advent calender was to write an Elfchen. Not something I had heard of before, an elfchen (alternatively known as an elevenie), is a poem that consists of only eleven words. The form goes
One word
Two words
Three words
Four words
One word
Here is my first attempt at writing in this form
Gifts
Ribbon decked
Enfolded in colour
From me to you
Love
Because I don’t know
I don’t know what to say
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know how to fix this.
I don’t know because
There is nothing I can say
There is nothing I can do
There is no way to fix this.
And so faith is my only option
Because I Do know
God Is Good
[Apologies for dodgy sound mix – recorded on my phone! 🙈]
Lord I call to you, I cry out to you
I don’t understand, I feel so helpless
There’s nothing I can do, so I give it all to you
I feel so small, but you are mighty.
And Lord, you’re glorious
In your great goodness, I trust.
Lord send your power, to move in this place
Flood the whole world with your glory and grace
Send your mercy, send your healing
Let the whole world see your beautiful face.
Your beautiful face.
Lord I call to you, I cry out to you
I don’t understand, but you know all things
And as my tears fall, and as my heart breaks
I turn to you, for you are healer.
And Lord, you’re glorious
In your great goodness, I trust.
Lord send your power, to move in this place
Flood the whole world with your glory and grace
Send your mercy, send your healing
Let the whole world see your beautiful face.
Your beautiful face.
And Lord, you’re glorious
In your great goodness, I trust.
Lord send your power, to move in this place
Flood the whole world with your glory and grace
Send your mercy, send your healing
Let the whole world see your beautiful face.
Your beautiful face.
Your beautiful face.
After a good start to this year I got a bit distracted and didn’t write anything for a while. This week I suddenly seem to have found my mojo again. I have been writing lots. From odd lines that will eventually develop into full poems, to snippets and phrases I have just jotted down to insert in a future poem, to a rather random short story. They are mostly first drafts still and will need a bit of tweaking before I share them, except for the one I am sharing now. I was playing around with different poem structures and with increasing and decreasing syllables and this was the result.
If
If
Only
It were true
That which you say
Statements of great love
Pretence of devotion
The words by which you deceive
The lies that you exhale
Carry me away
On clouds of hope
But like rain
They soon
Fall
Life, as I understand it 