A Man Finds He Yearns for God by Peter Menkin
- Date: 2008-09-24 - Word Count: 335
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Friday, December 15, 2006 Here is a good reason to go to Church -- to find God... Lately, and by that I mean the last six months, I have been reworking poems. Here is one I workshopped on Blueline Poetry. My visits there have been helpful. This poem is about wanting God in one's life. More so, it says "yearning." Advent and Christmas are good seasons for finding God. We ask that the Lord Christ be born in our heart at Christmas. Advent is the preparation for the birth of Christ.
As I add to these introductory notes to the work it is September 2008 (Pentecost). It's that time of the year when poets begin submitting their Christmas poems to publications, and that is why I have been looking at poems from this period. In fact, I may be late in getting the poem to the reader.
There are so many themes in this poem, as it tells about the coming Christmas and the Christ experience renewed (born in the hearts of man and woman) at this winter time of year. To focus on the beginning, you will notice that the poem speaks of a personal waiting and yearning, and this is one shared during the season by many who follow the poor, chaste Christ through the Church year.
A Man finds he Yearns for God
by Peter Menkin
Shall I be personal about it.
I have begged the holy spirit:
Lead me in reading the Bible.
For my hope is in the Lord.
Nothing matches for me
this hope of knowing God.
I have implored the spirit of truth.
Reveal to me the Word
of God in the Bible.
I yearn, this is a man's truth.
To live the life--
The promise I want
to have this language in my heart,
in my mind, on my lips. This is an earnest need:
yearn. God chooses us first.
We go to his call.
Audio reading of the poem read by the poet is here:
http://www.archive.org/details/AManFindsHeYearnsForGodByPeterMenkin
As I add to these introductory notes to the work it is September 2008 (Pentecost). It's that time of the year when poets begin submitting their Christmas poems to publications, and that is why I have been looking at poems from this period. In fact, I may be late in getting the poem to the reader.
There are so many themes in this poem, as it tells about the coming Christmas and the Christ experience renewed (born in the hearts of man and woman) at this winter time of year. To focus on the beginning, you will notice that the poem speaks of a personal waiting and yearning, and this is one shared during the season by many who follow the poor, chaste Christ through the Church year.
A Man finds he Yearns for God
by Peter Menkin
Shall I be personal about it.
I have begged the holy spirit:
Lead me in reading the Bible.
For my hope is in the Lord.
Nothing matches for me
this hope of knowing God.
I have implored the spirit of truth.
Reveal to me the Word
of God in the Bible.
I yearn, this is a man's truth.
To live the life--
The promise I want
to have this language in my heart,
in my mind, on my lips. This is an earnest need:
yearn. God chooses us first.
We go to his call.
Audio reading of the poem read by the poet is here:
http://www.archive.org/details/AManFindsHeYearnsForGodByPeterMenkin
Peter Menkin, an aspiring poet, lives in Mill Valley, CA USA (north of San Francisco).
My blog:
http://www.petermenkin.blogspot.com
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