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Kai-Anne Clews
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Original Christian Poetry
Let the light shine by Kai-Anne Clews
God is like Nature It pops up everywhere And even a little bit of it Can brightened even the worst sadness and despair. Even under concrete slabs And serious heavy blocks, Nature finds all the gaps To give us Dandelion moon clocks. Even around penitentiary barbs Brave vines break in! With petals and perfume, To brightened the terrible loneliness, And lift the deadly gloom. Try to keep the birds out, Or...
2021-09-17
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Beloved Daughter of the King by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh, my sister, so many sisters, Throughout the ages, Oh loveless widow, Where is your husband? Oh, orphaned girl, Where is your father? You are both widow and orphan, People spit to say your name, Or see you, but “Truly,” He said, “Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering The Kingdom before you.” This will be to their shame; Who now hurt you, and swear at you, oh, my sister… A measure of a society Is how i...
2021-09-17
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Real Poverty by Kai-Anne Clews
In becoming aware of my poverty, That I have not true life or true wealth, In realizing the authority, that, Belongs with the Lord alone, Himself. I then saw the great poverty, Even in the rich or well bread, I saw the spiritual malnourishment So much the worse than the want of bread. But want of Love is poverty, The worst kind of violence to slowly starve, That disfigures the original mortality, That cares not for others...
2021-09-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Like Uncle Lazarus by Kai-Anne Clews
Why are the poor so numerous? Why is this so? On every corner a hundred hands, Begging for bread, God knows… When a poor man reaches out his Hand, asking for your blessing, He is actually offering you, The Kingdom of grace, in his disguise so distressing. For our loving Lord likes to make reply, To us for all our actions, And He rewards us generously, For providing the poor some satisfaction. So when the gr...
2021-09-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Final Song by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh beloved souls gone astray! Listen to what I have to say. Don’t take for granted this beautiful day, Don’t let it slip by you, to be gone away. For one fateful day is coming, And it’s approaching soon – That the final church bell will be rung, The final sermon preached, some unknown afternoon Or morning, or evening, But there is coming a day Where the opportunity you have now, For Salvation, will be moved aw...
2021-09-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
About the Body by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh flesh then unrelenting! Do not put demands to me! Thou fleshy and gross matter, is Not fit for eternity. Is that perchance why you're stubborn, And tempt me day and night, Because, oh flesh, You will not accompany my spirits noble flight? Bitter flesh, oh lustful glutton, You are but sensations slave. Would you lock both body AND soul, Into the humiliation of the grave? You really are a brute, oh flesh, Dull and uncomprehending - The night of eternity is drawing near, Allowing less and less reckless spending. Oh time so limited, The grey and the lines, Seem...
2021-09-04
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
My Lords Way by Kai-Anne Clews
My Lord was not locked with chains of steel, But by bonds of love, tied by His own will. My Lord was not restrained with rope, But bound by the blessed and eternal hope. My Lord, His life, was not forcibly sold, But He gave His life, for His wayward fold. My Lord! My Love! Oh, Mystery… He came to die to set us free. The Beloved gave freely, what they thought they took, His ge...
2021-07-16
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Life and Death by Kai-Anne Clews
We are standing on the threshold, Of something made of God, Remember His wrath, Is as perfect as His Love… We are approaching tribulation Like no other generation has caught, And you who think you can Bring God down to the level of man, Are but naught! Sin has got to be reckoned with – All the sin that won’t be confessed – Sin has got to be done away with, For th...
2021-07-16
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Crossing by Kai-Anne Clews
He crossed the distant dessert, He crossed the roaring sea. He crossed the distances to convert, To come and set me free. He crossed time and space for me. He crossed over into mere flesh, He crossed over into poverty... He crossed the straits and yet, He wasn't cross with me, For my weakness and my faults. In fact, He paid my ransom fee, Paid out of His precious vault. Then my Savior, my beloved,
2020-10-29
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Gratitude by Kai-Anne Clews
Thank you Lord for my life, Thank you for all that has come about - Thank you for providing me Faith, When you could have left me in doubt. Thank you for my friendships, Honest good and true, And thank you for everything I learnt, From those less than true. Thank you for the common things, The gentle mornings in harmony and peace, Thank you for precious late night coffees, with beloved ones now deceased... ...
2020-10-27
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Down the stairs of humility by Kai-Anne Clews
My Mary let these hands be yours, Joyfully place them to do some chores. My Mary help me sow good feeling, That comes after some humble cleaning. My Mother Mary teach me what all to do, To mop or brush or sweep or sew. My mother taught me these things blossom much love, In the bosom of the Heart of God above. Set me please humble tasks - Keep me praising throughout - Then I will glimpse sweet eternities...
2020-10-25
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Before I Go by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh my love, before I go, Before my soul must ascend, Oh let me tell you what I know, Before my breaths must end. When I see that light place, Nestled in God's great embrace – When those rolling hills of spring, I shall then wander in – I know I will be able to rest forever On the heart of my loving Lord, Knowing that I undertook every endeavor, To share with you this great reward. I kn...
2020-10-23
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Prayer for our Youth by Kai-Anne Clews
My Beloved Jesus I pray for them. And with gravity I place these precious lives into Your plans. Entrusting you, my Jesus, With these my little ones, To and from Thy divine hands. In truth my Lord it is fair to say, That they are all really your little ones, You’ve entrusted into our hands today. I place them into your hands, Just as you place them into mine. You know the number of their strands, Yo...
2020-10-21
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Endless Inheritance by Kai-Anne Clews
You share the lot of your master As if he were your father, And you but a little child, who shares the whole part as son or daughter. Those who take their inheritance from Satan, Inherit the World and its treasures. They aspire toward the lap of luxury And swim in fleshly pleasures. They abhor all humility Zealously avoid pains – Seeing the only ‘reality’ Of living life by gains. Those who take their inheritance From...
2020-10-19
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
A new Heart by Kai-Anne Clews
Lord I was born and you gave me strength, A tiny beating heart, and along I went. As a little thing I learned to love, My mommy, my grandpa, but I didn’t yet know you, God. As I grew you gave me choice, My heart found beauty, Through song, my voice… Songs of love, and dreams of grandeur To warm the blood, with nobilities’ valor… My little heart fully engaged, With the romance of that perfect golden a...
2020-10-17
04 min
Original Christian Poetry
Companions by Kai-Anne Clews, read by the poet and Francois van den Berg
There once was a blind man, and his name was Doubt, And all his life he could not see - Old man Doubt was blind from birth, and he often wondered about this mystery… He had a friend who was not blind, but had sight, With whom he loved his friendly fights… His name was Faith and as he’d go about, He would describe what he saw to his good friend Doubt. “Ah tell me again of the sunset,” “You said it’s so pretty that you weep… All the sunset means to me, is that it gets cold and then I go sl...
2020-10-15
07 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Lord is with thee By Kai-Anne Clews
If you met your favorite sports star, A legend of the court, Who's sunk more goals than anyone, A man of a unique sort - If then at this meeting his mama was also there, You'd never dream to slander her, Or sneer at her, you wouldn't dare. You wouldn't berate the lady, Because she couldn't score a goal, Or run as fast, or be athletic, No, you'd be sincere, I know... You'd greet her very kindly, And listen to her speak, About when her son was little, And growing into his full physique. Even the angels spoke to Mary...
2020-10-13
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Point of no Return by Kai-Anne Clews
Point of no Return A branch can only be bent so long, And then it can no longer be reshaped, It grows too thick, it grows too strong, Its posture fixed and change escaped… So too with a human soul estranged, Reaching the obstinacy of sin… It goes past the point of choosing to change, To a point where it can no longer begin… God can forgive any trespass, Indeed, any sinner need only confess. But WE can go...
2020-10-11
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Coupon Christ by Kai-Anne Clews
Beware those who would re-brand Jesus, And make him in their own image… So as to un-humbly proceed, To do much damage, with the false visage… The Communist Jesus, pleases. The Republican Jesus, squeezes. The Liberal Jesus, eases. The Pagan Jesus, freezes. He came to establish his own governance, Not simply sign off on one of ours. He came to remedy our ignorance, Not simply pass the hours. But the people, They lay thei...
2020-10-09
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Love Struck by Kai-Anne Clews
Since that precious moment, Wherein you won my soul, my love, All of me… I would cross greater straits to get to you, My beautiful beloved, You so won me, that, Well, I have such a hunger now for souls… Not for myself, of course, but to guide them some Little way to you… To that gorgeous vista, Wherein we sat together… Oh my beloved, too beautiful to behold, I had to look away, To loo...
2020-10-07
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
7 Deadly sins as Virtues by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh, my Lord above! This is my sinners’ lot! Though I came from Thy own hand, Some goodness I forgot. If I am bound to be a sinner, Let me sin as I here do write, Let me then sin, my Lord, in this hue of light. Oh Lord let me be slothful, Lazy to jump to any anger, Slow and heavy to any rage – Lord let my hatred be slothful till I am ripe and old with...
2020-10-05
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
True Identity by Kai-Anne Clews
Remember, beloved, Our Lord is a person, The Original Person, who's blueprint we all match, To whom we may nurture a connection, Who through fellowship we may deeply attach... One with moral capacity, Willpower to choose, An intellect to understand, To give consent or to refuse... It is vitally important, To understand this fact, You're dealing with a person, Not something abstract... One who has Perfect knowledge, A perfect Father to love and encourage. One who has perfect wisdom, To lead us out of our barbarism. One who is perfectly, eternally strong! Who is totally incapable of leading us wrong! ...
2020-10-03
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
From me to you by Kai-Anne Clews
I thought it was faithfulness, To be so prepared to die... I see it was actually a lack of faith, To say too early to this life goodbye... I saw the deaths of the martyred saints, And that clinched for me the quiet debate - Even my Jesus had a painful demise, Why should I hope for a better goodbye? Surely He cares for my spirit alone, My flesh only there for which to atone, My flesh alone a...
2020-10-01
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Sails of the Soul by Kai-Anne Clews
How ineffable the Holy Spirit, What a rare and precious Sprite. How infallible, as God does will it, His very presence; true delight. As unprocurable as the foggy mountains, As deep as the starry abyss, As fresh as the clearest fountains, So much the more, lovely, than all of this. As the air is always silent, Yet is present everywhere. As the wind can bear no confinement, And goes wherever it cares. So too the...
2020-09-28
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Truest Treasure Trove by Kai-Anne Clews
My God of Light and of Love Divine! Show me what is truly mine. Naked I came with nothing at all, And without any possessions again I will heed your call. Teach me Lord, my love to sing, To understand this to you I might bring. My natural heart which is bowed to you, That wealth of soul is Treasure True. Gold is too heavy and dense for to take, Amassing possessions is a mortal mistake. Though I may...
2020-09-27
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Young Immortals by Kai-Anne Clews
Young Immortals Who is the young Prince of Heaven? The one, who this world, for the next abandon. Who is the young immortal on eternity's edge? The one who was stung by the Creators pledge. Who is the traveller of the Spirit Sort? The one who is an unraveller, Who wills, in short, Who is the sojourner of truth; Attainting to eternal youth. Who shall live past today? The one who all surpassed to say ...
2020-09-25
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Forever Beloved by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh my Lord! Help me be, All the things you want from me. Oh Great Beloved, enact your stage, As you preside over age upon age… Teach me how to listen – Show me where to look – I know I shall be risen – You told me in your book. Oh when I beg of you speak to me – Guide me to the Bibles Shores. Where I may contemplate your mystery – Amid the daily sins and human wars… Oh my Jesus...
2020-09-23
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Wake up! Wake up! By Kai-Anne Clews
There is an evil demonic clown, Called "Too Much Entertainment" He makes everything a gag reel, Keeping Good passive in tight containment... In a hostile circus tent, dirty with age, The people laugh despite their chains, At ever more hurtful, ridiculous spite, Laughing and howling day and night. If he keeps you playing, Demanding distractions, Like a drunkard swaying, Unaware of the nooses tightening contractions. Even the Devils freely admit Christ is king, Even the damned shrug and say the same thing... It is not that they do not know, They know the truth and refuse to slow, The evil...
2020-09-21
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
My truest confession by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh, I so lost in splendor – Lord increase my obedience to Thee – My every step and every falter – You shine brighter for me to see – But just as all have seen the Sun – Yet not a single one has touched it – Just as each being has barely begun – And seeking, driving near to clutch it. No one at all, can fully possess – But oh! How we suffer under the gentle caress. I am scorched by this love for Thee – Burnt clean...
2020-09-19
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
My Constant Dreams by Kai-Anne Clews
Lord, I thank you for my nightly dreams, These places I have gone to, These things that I have seen, These terrors I have gone through These warnings that intervene. Thank you for preparing me, Showing me what I couldn’t understand, Thank you for giving the symbol key, For sending the Holy Spirit to expand; These vivid dreams I’ve had every night Some of which caused me trauma, despite, Some of them being, more lovely than...
2020-09-17
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Forgiveness by Kai-Anne Clews
Forgiveness means "I set you free." But it also means "I also free me." Forgiveness means "I know you were wrong." But it also means "I don't want to prolong, This pain inside, this pain I feel, Let me break this burning, turning wheel. Let me breathe freedoms air, It doesn't matter if you don't care; I will not be locked up, Any longer in your snare. Forgiveness is painful, But not so painful as holding on, Not as soul-destroying as waiting and hoping, That the one who hurt you will see you coping, And being strong. Forgiveness says " I...
2020-09-15
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Thank you, dear Lady! By Kai-Anne Clews
Oh my Lady of the Rosary, Your children love you so, We are your children, For our Lord gave us, you, As our Mother, long ago. From the very cross He spoke, To the Disciple, and so, making us all one: He said “Behold your mother.” And “Dear woman, here is your son.” Oh Mary, how I love you, Help me pray my Rosary… Help me celebrate anew, This special day, your anniversary; With the l...
2020-09-13
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Throne of Light by Kai-Anne Clews
Upon the throne which is liken to Sapphire, Is the One, like Jasper and Ruby, aglow – Where the rainbow climbs, like emeralds higher, In the fair city, established eons ago. Here in the light of the Fire, The elect sing and praise with The celestial gong, Here the very air vibrates, With the sound of many thunders, That echo to song… This highest spire, This crowning peak, This mount over-looking eternity – Drenched in beauty...
2020-09-11
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Honey Bee & The Fly by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh, let me tell you a story, A story about The Eye; How it’s either like a Honey Bee, Or it behaves like a Fly. Where you look, Will determine what you see. Just ask the Fly, And the Honey Bee. If you ask the Fly “Tell me of the lovely things, In and around this place.” He’ll buzz his wings, And his path then retrace, Saying… “I haven’t seen any lov...
2020-09-09
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Power in your words by Kai-Anne Clews
Beware the power in your tongue, The power to bless. The power to curse. What you declare within some hour, You nevertheless disperse as you converse. Some throw away curse like “Damn him! May he never know peace!” Can curse a whole family line, For generations! Until released. Some simple blessing like “Bless her! Bless her heart with love.” Can stir all of creation, And move the Lord thereof. You don’t need to...
2020-09-07
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Be an Outpost by Kai-Anne Clews
Be an Outpost What of the people’s passion, May then endure and last? Are we not littering with useless things, A strange and swerving past? Oh you, Fascinated Generation – How shall anyone speak with you? What will be the relics of your reign? Oh! Who assassinated your aspirations? Who? Their ballistics are inhumane… I wish that I could reach you, I wish that you could see, This world and its trappings, Was never...
2020-09-05
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Apprentice by Kai-Anne Clews read by Francois van den Berg
I would rather hide myself in Jesus, And be a stranger to this age. I would rather chide myself, for this pleases, And averts many dangers along the way. No bitter depth or cavern, No expanse of depth, of deepest space, Is anything but shallow To the Lord of all eternity, and Immediately accessible, to His gaze. No height of any mountain peak, No celestial vision amid the clouds, No upward reach of eternity, Is...
2020-09-03
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
My Hope by Kai-Anne Clews read by Francois van den Berg
I humble my heart, And join my prayer, With those who pray in this hour, Everywhere. I give thanks for Thy graces, And Thy efforts in my life. I rejoice, in and through, Joy and strife. When my Creator, Asks to look upon my eyes, I will not be unready, Or rudely surprised. I will greet my Lord, As a long awaited guest – Striving to give Him, My brightest an...
2020-09-01
00 min
Original Christian Poetry
Signs & Times by Kai-Anne Clews
Brace yourselves for the coming changes, For many will be extreme. This is why so many of you, Are dreaming prophetic dreams. Listen and take special care, Of what the Lord is showing you. Be cautious and be prepared, Put prayer into your discerning of truth. This time of Tribulation, This difficult time ahead, This time of evil situations, This time of the living dead; Will fall upon us suddenly, No government can...
2020-08-30
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Secret Salt by Kai-Anne Clews
Do the little things, And you'll change the world. For these call capital blessings, That estrange darkness, And make light unfurl. Find the smallest possible task, Do it gently, quietly, and with care, And you'll see, true beauty at last, Shining boldly there... God does not despise, These small works of human life, He knows that they are necessary, And that to perform them, brings much light. I thought I had to be lofty, Grand in my praise of the Lord... But He is there within me, When I am busy with my chores. To pray while working in the...
2020-08-28
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Take Courage by Kai-Anne Clews
Take Courage One of the most truly terrifying, experiences of existence, Is when your own body fails to respond. When due to the fatigue of illness, You realize you are no longer strong. Nothing humbles you like being, Actually physically unable to achieve, The things you could do yesterday, But now, you can barely breathe. It strips you of power, it shatters your pride, You are left to rely upon others In order to survive... Needing help just preparing food... These necessities of existence, Can make you feel like a fool. There is a certain shame that comes With being...
2020-08-26
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
By Name and by Number by Kai-Anne Clews
The fabric of reality; The architecture of a flower, To an ascetic, is dimensionality, A lecture on true power. The numbers and rhythms; Fibonacci and Pythagoras, Express the Mathematics of Eternity, Increasing our awareness. Every leaf then becomes a workbook, Every geometry, a teaching, To scale the mental heights, To our furthest, most lofty reaching. The ascetics and the scientists are twins, actually not adverse, These sojourners, These discoverers of the Universe. These naturally multidimensional, infinite thinking, feeling, beings ~ Wrapped up in the fabric of all their dreams. These young immortals, Sleeping still, The call beckons as The Universe wills... ...
2020-08-24
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Desert Fathers by Kai-Anne Clews
How did the desert fathers, Ascend so far in their holy aims? These pious pilgrims, In their caves, Seeking only The Holy flame... They refused entangeling alliances, With all except the Lord, Refusing a world of compromise, To vibrate the blessed chord. That note in tune with heaven, That frequency of creation, That wisdom of eternity, Available to all with the aspiration. The desert fathers too, Came out from every creed, Every people, every continent, All the self same call to heed. The call of contemplation, To let the stillness speak at length, To accept annihilation, And to know what...
2020-08-22
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Deep Waters by Kai-Anne Clews
Sometimes it can all feel too difficult, The path that He's given you, too rough. Sometimes you can cry out for death, Weeping, you whisper "Enough..." "Please let it end, holy father... Please let this pain cease... Please, I beg you my Jesus, Come. Bring me your peace." Tears that salt the soul, Fall silently, While Angels, Gently gather each one... These deep waters will be parted, And we'll be lead out, by the Son. And all that caused our mourning, The reason for every tear, Will persue us into those waters, And there, engulfed, will disapear. There then the...
2020-08-20
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Chosen by Kai-Anne Clews
What if the Creator, Required one final Saint, One more brave soul, to heed His call, One last Mother Theresa, One final Saint Paul? "Many are called, but few are chosen." These are Jesus' own lines. So many hearts are so cold and so frozen, At this far outpost of time. You know in your heart If He called you - Maybe you don't know how to express it - But perhaps our sweet Lord Relys upon you, to steadfastly confess it. To boldly share this Spirit, To declare and remain true, Oh my dear friend, beloved, Is the final...
2020-08-18
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
In the open by Kai-Anne Clews
In the wide open spaces I sense You, oh so near... In the deserts, and the oceans, The gaps between the stars disappear... All is filled up, so gracefully with You, In the infinite pools, black skies Turning slowly white, to blue. Blasing with gold fire As the sun claims its course... But even all of that power, Simply speaks of its source. You my beloved, my Lord Most fair of the ages, ...
2020-08-16
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
A Legacy of Love by Kai-Anne Clews
My absolute favourite image of Mary, The Mother of our most Holy King, Jesus, The image that always comforts me deeply, Satisfies me again, and eases, Any concern I feel for the fate, Of the human family, the human race - Is dear Mary’s journey to Elisabeth, Her footsteps across the stark country, My heart does often trace her steps, And I see her, before me. The Angel Gabriel came to ask The Queen for her co...
2020-08-14
05 min
Original Christian Poetry
3 Traps, 3 Helpers, 3 Methods by Kai-Anne Clews
There are three things we must conquer completely, If we are to see things, of truth very clearly… These three difficulties of temptations influence, can only be beaten by stubborn discontinuance. Like Joseph the Dreamer literally ran away to avoid, possible temptations that kill and destroy - so must we, flee the wilfully bold sins Otherwise darkness seeps in and makes cold our skins. To numb us, and we lose our joy to seek the Lord, While we’re busy with roug...
2020-08-12
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Sentence by Kai-Anne Clews
If you have a hunger to punish the wicked, But understand you cannot be so cruel, Let me give you an insight, Let me tell you what you can do. You do not need to employ occultists, To put curses or spells on your foes… You do not need to hire Thugs, To give them heavy harsh blows… These people who’ve hurt you, these mockers, Who think Hope and Faith are not real, These...
2020-08-10
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Silent Sin by Kai-Anne Clews
The Silent Sin The Devils most potent potion, Most employed by his generals and slaves, Upon already slothful humanity, locks so many into their graves. It is not bitterness, not regret, Not lust, or indulgence that misguide... But it is an easy form of indifference, Rotting the soul from inside. The Devils most potent and evil corrosion This slowest, most steady, most acidic erosion… The one that seduces with its evil el...
2020-08-08
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Fortress of Faith by Kai-Anne Clews
Even the smallest, most petty of sins, Is connected to the largest evil snake. That towering, invisible cobra, Who tricks us with his slick debate. Stealthy he lingers throughout our gardens, Lying in wait, like a trap. Wealthy he triggers us off guard Then snaps shut to drag us back! Oh despair and terror, If even the smallest sins warrant death Oh Fear then these grave errors! How can we ever...
2020-08-06
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Just as Christ forgave you by Kai-Anne Clews
What makes Christianity differ From the other religions of the human race? Only that there is hope also for the sinner - Through the underserved sweetness of GRACE. Many other religions talk of miracles, Promise even life after death, Though Christ is the only Messiah Who has gotten that one right yet. Many have Wisemen following stars, There are even legends about virgin births, But the ONE distinguishing factor, The one of the highest worth... ...
2020-08-04
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The temptation of St. Francis (A Sunday Story) by Kai-Anne Clews
The future St. Francis, strong with youth, Knelt in a small broken chapel, seeking truth Praying at St. Damien's, he felt his inner world soar, As Christ spoke to him “Rebuild my Church Francis, go and restore!” So he started with stone, repairing church walls - First St. Damiens, then St. Peter's And to St. Mary of the Angels, he was called. The ancient church had a history of Angels That could often be sensed singing and visiting Mary there, But was long ago abandoned and in tattered disrepair. With a wild wood surrounding thickly and Thorn covered brambles overgrowing ever...
2020-08-02
05 min
Original Christian Poetry
Sound & Vision by Kai-Anne Clews
The eyes of the body can distinguish color, shade and depth - The eyes are used to judge between things and know their breadth. The eyes of the body detect the light from the dark - The eyes then can keep the feet on the sure and steady path. So too with the ears, they discern what the subtle world does send - Of all the beauties of music, and speech on them depend. To reason, explain, illuminate and show, We do, but, by our...
2020-07-31
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Out of the Heart by Kai-Anne Clews
If the words to which you are dutiful Appeared all over your skin Would you still be beautiful Or would you long to try again? Sticks and stones can break your bones, But words, my dear, can damn you. Tricks and tones, even whispered alone, Words, my dear, can scam you. Words can do damage. Words can repair. Words can help manage the deepest despair. Every single one of us, Remembers some encouraging...
2020-07-29
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
My Mysterious Lord by Kai-Anne Clews
My Lord, My God, You are a mystery to me - But Oh! Thank God! I am not a mystery to Thee. You know what I have need of before it occurs to me to request it - Your do not break the bruised reed off, In fact, even bruised, it is blessed. So am I in every pain - My every agony, repeats Your sweet name - Wherein once I may glimpse You - I can...
2020-07-27
00 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Legend of the Lenten Lilly by Kai-Anne Clews
The Legend of the Lenten Lilly There is an ancient legend, fair and sweet and old, Remembered by our grandmothers, around each Easter time, retold. The Lenten Lilly is the Daffodil, Its bright yellow trumpet and its solar disk shaped face - Turned as if they sadly bowed, like the Angels who marveled at the grace, Of what their infinite Lord allowed. In the Garden of Gethsemane This yellow flower that night appeared, ...
2020-07-25
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Eyes to see by Kai-Anne Clews
Eyes to see I give my heart away to the training, Of my sovereign and my Lord, The One whose truest home and kingdom, Is another dimension, far abroad A second horizon on top of the first, A higher dimension than that of the Earth, A noble vista to comfort, the stark reality of our birth. How marvelous are our faculties? The inner world can reveal, The light with which the furnace blaze, Yet burning in its...
2020-07-23
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Reaching to Heaven by Kai-Anne Clews
Reaching to Heaven My Jesus comes to take His sheep, His lambs, His ewes, His old rams at His feet. My Jesus comes to free His flock, The pasture prepared, the gate unlocked. He’ll guide us in and give us rest, He’ll give us all that is good and best. My Jesus comes to call us home, Never again, to be hurt, lost or alone – But to belong to Him, And be His own. The world...
2020-07-21
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
An eternal Intelligence by Kai-Anne Clews
An eternal Intelligence by Kai-Anne Clews A pagan friend of mine, laughed at me, For following Jesus in The Way, She said I could attend at the shrine, Worship Nature, and be ok. She said the creator of all the Earth, Lives in everything, everywhere, That God can be found in earth, and fire and water and air. She said that at special times, The creator can reveal himself as a sacred animal – She sai...
2020-07-19
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Gentle by Kai-Anne Clews
Gentle I bask in the light of your candid beauty, And feel myself pulled towards the same, I study at the shrine of your heart’s duty, And feel your soft silences, like even softer rain. All my edges are gone from me, I am a pebble in your hand. You are my mighty river, And I hug you as the sand. In your eyes, I see them there, The luminous curtains: aurora, A lustrous shimmering, ...
2020-07-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The true ones practice love by Kai-Anne Clews
Visit the website at: https://www.sabiansun.com/post/the-true-ones-practice-love Or read the poem here: The true ones practice love Encourage other Christians, For the true one’s, they practice love. Comfort and console them, As reminder of God above. Not only above but also within, In fact, foremost from the heart and care. For when you love, You can never do enough, And yet the burden is light to bear. ...
2020-07-15
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The splendid boast of our people by Kai-Anne Clews
Read the poem at: https://www.sabiansun.com/post/the-splendid-boast-of-our-people The splendid boast of our people Since the very beginning of the human race, Marriage unified previously individual tribes, In the giving of a groom and the giving of a bride. Vastly opposing, waring states, found common ground, And could then communicate. After celebrating the wedding feasts, Wherein old foes become one flesh and fighting cease. The living heir, the child of union – The new perfect ex...
2020-07-13
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
A Mothers' grace by Kai-Anne Clews
She smiles like she’s in on a secret Like she’s certain of some grace She smiles like the sunshine, The beams stream from her face. She steps with an uncommon lightness She faces pain as if – It all melted in the brightness – As if everything’s a gift. Hope that she will pray for you And bring you forth before the Father, For your sake she will implore, And pray for salvation rather. Thank the Spirit for a faith like hers, One that’s always striving – Steadfast in her prayers, A living one among the dying.
2020-07-11
00 min
Original Christian Poetry
Granny's prayers by Kai-Anne Clews
When you were just a little one Your granny prayed for you All the way up, as you grew, She thanked the Lord for remaining true. Those little prayers she prayed over you Are still procuring you daily grace Those little blessings she hoped for you Are aiding you in life’s great race. For prayers are a deep and glorious mystery, And a type of power that does not atrophy, But become stronger in the passing years, ...
2020-07-09
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Pray for true Conversion by Kai-Anne Clews
The saddest sight I ever saw, Was one who was once a Christian, Called one no more. The fallen away, Lead others astray, With the same snare that tripped them up That fateful day… I know, My onboard compass Is not enough, To keep me on guard against sin – I know if I go my own way, The Devil right there, Scored a win… In all the magnetic desires, I pass by, My compass is not always true North, And I, Should set my sights, On my North star up high, To help me steer my course. To guide me steadi...
2020-07-07
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Light and Dark by Kai-Anne Clews
Light and Dark Our Lord and God is always Himself All the way to His bright and shining core – He shines like the Sun, and behaves so forever more. The eternal powers are not changeable, Like humans are changeable on their views, One moment smiling, The next to be lost to their sad and lonely blues. The Devil is also always himself, All the way to his terrible crushing core – Like a black hole devours everything, And cann...
2020-07-05
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
More Thine than mine by Kai-Anne Clews
What can I give to you? Eternal Father to make reply, For all that Thou has given me, All the days of my life? Can I offer you my labors, My strength that comes from you, Can I give you my endeavors, My plans my hopes my journey through. Can I give you my possessions, To the poor disguised I see, Clothed in frail humanity, My Lord, I see in them, Thee. Can I offer you my body, as a living sacrifice, And labor for you sweetly, To the dawn of my true life. Let me offer you some songs, ...
2020-07-03
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Not me but He by Kai-Anne Clews
He is the beauty all begotten, The radiance of creation. With the loveliest look, He reflects every nation. Wherever He dwells, is beauty and grace, He is that light of forgiveness, on every saints’ face. He is the blossom in the petal revealed He is the living truth who is our great shield. His heart and his body together laid bare, So sinners might know they have a father who cares. His love is the Author, Humanity holds the pen – If you’ll not go to follow Him now – Then when? In Saintly icons the saints point Him out – They say, in sm...
2020-07-01
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Fight by Kai-Anne Clews
“You have no idea what you’ve been given!” Hissed the demon as we fought. He tempted me with the foulest images – Toward things I ought think not. “Do you realize the power of a single angel, given to each human freely Not even for sharing, given to a wretch like you.” He smirked and did not fear me. He laughed so shrill and violently, Afraid I swayed upon my feet – The demon tormented and tortured me – With lies and smoke and heat – A bitter cold and soaking wet and Gigantic spiders appearing in my room – And foul and nasty monsters Telling me...
2020-06-29
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Keep the faith by Kai-Anne Clews
My faithful friends, with faithful hearts, I beg you, do not from your Lord depart! We all have our challenges and I have mine too – And from my hospital bed, I talk now to you. Take courage, take stock of your souls – Perform your small duties, humbly conform to your roles. The Lord has not forgotten you or me – He’s not forgotten the world or even one country. What is pain to the flesh is medicine to soul – This has been our Christs teaching both ancient and old. Be like sweet Mary who didn’t even have a midwife, But gave to...
2020-06-27
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The last breath by Kai-Anne Clews
The hour of physical death, Is spiritually perilous too; For no bargaining or hiding, Can make this hour pass over you. It is a doorway, Everyone must journey through. The Ancients knew And long foretold it, One should prepare, If one hopes to see it through. So what happens in this hour, How should one be prepared? Surely there is no difference, What Spiritual peril can lurk there? Satan. Ready. His forces squared, His terrible evidence neatly prepared for this 60-minute court… So that he and his satellites of darkness, Might terrify the soul by their detailed report. For here in...
2020-06-24
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Out of Egypt I have called my son by Kai-Anne Clews
The Devil's on my life's path I just can't avoid him... A little family of three, Called out of Egypt - Destroyed him. The Devil and I will yet have our tussles. How sad, a noble like me already set free, Should be lost to such scuffles. The Devil and I May yet both disappear in that final fire that draws ever near. The Devil and I do more than just dance... It is the only battle whose score will then last. I cannot defeat this Devil alone. So I go down to Egypt, to join that little boat.
2020-06-23
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Fire of St. Jude by Kai-Anne Clews
St. Jude also called Thaddeus, Whose name means; Courageous Heart - Is the Patron Saint of Hopeless Cases, His prayers a gracious art. He has been my Patron Saint For many sound and fruitful years - I've turned to him when down, drowned in all my fears - When hopeless and hurt, in need of a friend - I ask his intercessions, And my request may ascend Up to the Lord who wishes me well, Wishes me Spiritual wealth, My St. Jude prays better for me, Than I can sometimes pray for myself. This Apostle rich in miracles, This immortal...
2020-06-21
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Encounter by Kai-Anne Clews
When first I perceived the forgiveness, That you’ve purchased, dear, oh so dear over me – That undeserved sweetness, for me so worthless, Fear took me to trembling. I fall again, repent and try, I repair myself to the Lord and I cry Why do you keep forgiving me!? I don’t deserve even the first, my Lord As I progress in Your teachings I realize I am worse than I thought. Little sins that seem so docile, That grow and sprout stubborn roots, Without weeding become colossal, Stunting and limiting the good fruits. Each time I fall and may try ag...
2020-06-19
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The wiser path by Kai-Anne Clews
When wounded by some evil, Too many, too many people, Discard their love, in order to keep the World. Discard rather the World and keep your love. This is by far the wiser path. Too many see the hard world, And rush to make their hearts hard, So to keep in step with this burning orb, And thus end before they start. Rather leave the world To its hardness And let your own heart burn with love. Let rather your sorrows be peerless, Be the Lords most gentle dove. This is by far the wiser path. When evil is done...
2020-06-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Wounded Healer by Kai-Anne Clews
And one came asking “Where is my Lord? Is He with the teachers, Far abroad?” Someone said, “But the Lord is near, He is not far He did not disappear.” “Then where shall I find Him? Where can I look, Tell me where is my Master, Which route hast He took? “He is with the lost and the lonely, At the dry gates of the city, Hit sits with those, for who, The world has no more pity. Wounded by our lack of love, Our Master also thirsts and suffers, With all our other wounded, As He loves them like a mother. A...
2020-06-15
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
We are the cities of Heaven by Kai-Anne Clews
During the blessing of time on earth, We sculpt our inner earth and engrave, The landscape of our inner world, Diligently, daily, from cradle to grave; Our whole life is Edit Mode, And Death is the final, File>Save. That is why some people, in Heaven, Are a city on a hill that is shining. That is why others are deep gulfs, deep pits, In need of much climbing. How did you attempt to smooth your vast planes? Did you dig and remove from yourself? Or did you add and built to your wealth? How did your work with others? ...
2020-06-13
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
He gave me a fish by Kai-Anne Clews
I met Jesus, and he gave me a fish, We walked together as I ate it. When I was full, of the wondrous fish, I asked him how he baited it. He replied to me only, With these few words, And left me uncomprehending. He said, “As all good fishermen know, Some of the best bait, is just Waiting.” So many years later, I met him again, And he offered me, like last, the same. And once I was full of the blessing, I asked him what was his gain? For surely a man who gives all his fish, Will cert...
2020-06-11
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
Joyful Mysterious by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh come now and listen, About the story of old, Of the promised Messiah, long since foretold. From all the way back, In the Old Testament, Given were many signs, And the old prophets were sent – To proclaim a great victory, For all of mankind, To justify and renew and bring sight to the blind. To raise and deliver the Lords many people, To raise up a church, An ever-reining steeple. For Aged Zachariah, and Elizabeth his wife, had prayed for a child throughout their long life. And inside the temple, where he lit the incense, The Angel Gabriel appeared, an...
2020-06-09
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
Till it is Crystal and Clear by Kai-Anne Clews
Love Is the glove – One size fits all – Whether you’re Julius Caesar, Or flower of the Wall – No matter how lowly you consider your station, Love is still your supreme destination. No matter how highly you regard your standing, Love is still your souls demanding. No matter mediocrity – Love is for you No matter your sinning – Love is still true No matter No matter, Any-thing you can possess, You will never escape, Loves potent caress. Men try to hide it, Shelter behind many things, Some try to bind it, And force it with rings. It cannot be forced, Coerced or tamed, It...
2020-06-07
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
On the 6th of August 2016 by Kai-Anne Clews
One day, I will walk that path, My mother walked today. One day too, I shall close my eyes Not to open them again under these fair skies. One day I shall follow them, My many ancestors, who, Lived and breathed and laughed And sighed, now all gone, To somewhere new. One day there will be New young ones, Who will lay me to my rest. They may say a few gentle words, the kindest, ‘She did her best.’ From thence into the Lords own hands, I must commend my spirit, And in my gentle yielding, Would have as He woul...
2020-06-05
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Amputated Heart by Kai-Anne Clews
God knows when your heart is broken, You do not have to explain why - He knows when you are wounded, And that slow & gentle healing is already fully supplied. God knows when you are grieving, He understands that pain of loss - In it He is slowly revealing To us that heavy cost... With which He purchased every soul, Both you and the beloved you've been called to let go - So they could journey safely home. The Lord shares the agony, you now bear alone. Though your loved one has gone on into grace, They've left the harder pilgrim...
2020-06-03
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Joseph the Protector by Kai-Anne Clews
Jesus was this good carpenters son, but Joseph himself also Jesus first son, Of the infant church then begun. Joseph and Mary, the first to pay homage at the living temple of the child Lord, Late to come were the Sages Who followed that star and saw - What the Angels proclaimed to the shepherds, Later what Christ Himself would reveal, That knowledge of the Messiahs arrival, To this gentle Joseph revealed. Joseph and Mary were the infant Church, While Christ was still growing - All through His childhood and 20ies, Sharing with them His deep knowing. His beauty filled...
2020-06-01
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Angels listen closer than you think by Kai-Anne Clews
The beloved Lord does send His mighty legions, In heavenly realms of the blessed beautiful light. His angels attend to Him from all of Heavens regions, And are swift and dutiful to take flight. They are messengers of Gods good grace, And they listen closely to every sinner, To the loud so they may prosper, And even to those who only whisper “Please Lord, help me.” The angels do rejoice but to hear it. “Please Lord, guide me.” The devils have no choice but to bear it. The angels are listening even now, in the blackest heart of sin, The request...
2020-05-30
00 min
Original Christian Poetry
Ponder by Kai-Anne Clews
My mind’s eye floating upon the infinite sea, In a sturdy little boat by the name of ME. I cast out my nets to catch from the depths, Around shores and flotillas sailing East unto West. My days here are numbered but the fishing is good. Remembering again what I once understood. Time travelers wander from dawn until dusk. Clay men arise then turn back into dust. Spirits of gold swoop in and out of sight Like dolphin speed breaking the foam, Lighter than dandelion dancers, swift as living Light – An eternal coming home. Phosphorescent pathways stretch deep into the...
2020-05-28
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The land of the living by Kai-Anne Clews
They say, that we are in the land of the living, That those who’ve gone ahead, Inhabit the land of the dead. Like so many things, it’s really reversed, We’re not the living and the dead all cursed. We are the dead… who must resurrect to eternal life. We must get it in our heads, the purpose of this short-spun life. For how in any human arch, However famous, loved or sublime, Could ever touch the Master’s Spark, With this, our little bout of time? How could we with human eyes, Ever see a fraction of the Grand...
2020-05-26
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Disguise by Kai-Anne Clews
Come now tell me – What would He – My beloved, My Jesus be? If He went around disguised as me? Would He feed the hungry? Would He Raise the Dead? Would He cede the mighty? Would He Salt the bread? What would He do, Dressed in my disguise? What would He see, Looking through my eyes? How would He respond To my morning alarm? What would He do, Even just one day long? How differently would He walk - Through this wild world than me? Fully in his sonship, Free as free can be – Why not me? If He could live inside...
2020-05-24
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Story of a King by Kai-Anne Clews
There once was a king of old A king of faith, a faithful king – Here is his story told – Let’s begin… There were none like before him, Nor will we see his like again, This King was a prodigy of Faith and Blessed was his reign. A ruler known as wise – A king of true beauty reigned Who followed after David’s Lord And dignity reclaimed. With the repairing of temple, He mended...
2020-05-22
03 min
Original Christian Poetry
"Be Courageous!" by Kai-Anne Clews
Today I saw a video of Pope Francis, Talking to a young woman sharing testimony That she triumphed over bullying, She persevered through adversity. She said she joined a choir, And now so loves to sing Pope Francis listened closely, And did a special thing. He asked her if she would sing for him, And smiled all as he listened, I wept as she sang for him, And I thought of my Lord Jesus arisen. My Jesus bless this gentle Pope, This father who teaches This father who reaches, His gentle hand to so many, This good father who preaches. ...
2020-05-20
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The Children of St. John Paul II by Kai-Anne Clews
To read this poem as text please visit: https://www.sabiansun.com/post/the-children-of-st-john-paul-ii
2020-05-18
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
You know me by Kai-Anne Clews
Oh, my sweet Lord, my Champion Grace, My ever-present teacher, I see your face in joy and necessary woe, I have no hidden feature. I can only feel you know me better, Then I can yet know myself, You know what my heart can weather, You know the balance of my soul’s wealth. You know what lies before me, As I try to understand what lies behind, In private pride and desolation, Thou saw me, To th...
2020-05-17
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Lord Blacksmith by Kai-Anne Clews
The mettle of our souls will, And the Blacksmith of Time, Strike against the anvil - The great forge softens our design. Again, we are pummeled, Reshaped and re-enforced, Each baptism in the fire, Straightening our natural course. The fire consuming the heavy stones – Milking gold from black mountain bones. But how the furnace torments the ore – How it yields spilling more. You may yet escape this life untested, Unrefined and unscathed – But you’re still the same old lump of rock at 60, As you were when just a simple babe. I’d rather face the fire – My Lord Blacksmith punch away! ...
2020-05-15
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Our Lady by Kai-Anne Clews
That wry and sneaky serpent, Who procured that yes through Eve, Who to darkness became a handmaid, When by that tree was then deceived. The crunch then of the Apple Between the jaws of the virgin tossed Caused all humanity to grapple, Be fallen, blind and lost. It be true to Gods economy The balance of the world Both the fall and the fortune Come to humanity through a young girl. The yes of Eve is nullified By the Yes of Mary Virgin Queen Humanity re-purified Liberated and cleaned. The crunch then of the serpents’ head The skull to meet th...
2020-05-13
02 min
Original Christian Poetry
The true adversary by Kai-Anne Clews
Who then is your adversary? Against who do you compete? Some then ignore their identity, And allow chains around their feet. Chains of bitterness, Terrible rage, Sad unforgiveness That shatters our days. Do not forgive them only when they deserve it, Christ forgave you and you have not earned it. Forgive them their trespass, forgive them your loss, This is the agony of carrying your cross. But remember beloved, the true fight to survive,
2020-05-11
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Remembering that old promise of a future by Kai-Anne Clews
My Lord! You gave me hope that from death you could cleave, When the buried body began to breathe. And when in my own grave, dead but asleep, Awaiting the footfalls of my Lord that will keep, All the prophecies true as we read - Knowing the true Rock of Gibraltar, to which we must cleave. When we awake, all things will be made new – Generations called Lazarus, dazzling with Truth – Reflecting their Lord, in his Ancient and beautiful Youth. What then can await, no mind can declare – Nor even sense the sweetness of that day’s air – We are left with...
2020-05-09
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Holy Saturday by Kai-Anne Clews
All the world is silent, For our Lord does gently sleep, In the quiet of His earthly tomb He conquers now the deep. All the world now stilled, And waiting with baited breath, Though given up to be killed He defeated even death. Faithful pilgrims keep faithful watch For the rising of the Son – For the victory of the eternal Lord, Eternity thus begun. Now every Su...
2020-05-07
00 min
Original Christian Poetry
Go speak to Him yourself by Kai-Anne Clews
When asked what I see in my spiritual devotion, One might as well ask, a drop in the ocean, What it sees and what it feels, What it breathes and what it heals. To ask me of my relationship with God, To explain and define and tally the odds, I always reply, the same without hesitation, Go talk to Him yourself and see my exaltation – And when you do see, and have seen and will see, ...
2020-05-05
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
The boy and the stone by Kai-Anne Clews
A boy and his father walked a road, And came to a boulder smooth and old. The boy said “Father do you see that rock? Do you think I am strong enough to pick it up?” The father said “Yes, if you use all your might, Then I know you will get it right.” The boy tried and tried and then he cried “Oh my father why have you lied?” The father smiled kindly at his son, And the lesson thus begun:
2020-05-03
01 min
Original Christian Poetry
Fixedly by Kai-Anne Clews
Keep me in the light my Jesus. Keep me close to Thee – Swooping, diving, falling, flying – Keep my eyes ever fixed to see. You, the pole of all the Universe, You, the axis of my soul – You, the Stationary Son – The One we all need and know. Let me orbit all my days – Yours, the bright light above. Let me absorb it, all your ways – Yours, the sublime heights of Love. Grant me a fierce humility –
2020-05-01
01 min