Category Archives: Christian Poetry

GIVE THANKS

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© How can I thank you, Lord, for all you’ve done for me? Your perfect love surrounds me and sets my spirit free. You’ve taken all my sins away. You cleanse my … Continue reading

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BEGINNINGS

One man, one kayak and paddle, Cutting through the early morning stillness, With each pull, inches turn into feet as windows open, Fresh, clean, vibrant air forces its way into your nostrils, The smells of autumn permeate, Crisp, lifeless leaves … Continue reading

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BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Looking back on days gone by, Gazing at a muddied sky, In the twinkling of an eye, The peace of God is there,   Trudging through the path of life, Summing … Continue reading

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ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A simple time when days were filled with elementary things, Like gathering wood and breathing air and songs that nature brings, Enjoying all the scenes of life within our earthly pale, And … Continue reading

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CONSISTENCY

The air chokes with death and the smells of it. Deep in the bowels of the earth, the demons dance for joy, Hatred, twisted minds, overtly wounded souls disperse the winds of time, Life is snuffed out like a waning … Continue reading

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FISHERS OF MEN

ORIGINAL WOOD SCULPTURE & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© The world is so lost and hopeless, our hearts are filled with pain, We struggle to survive the stress, we pray to be sustained, Yet in our darkness there is light, A … Continue reading

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TWO CHOICES

ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Relief carving on two panels.   Two trees stood in the garden there, Their beauty filled with fruit to spare, Conditions went along with each, The fruit from both was in their … Continue reading

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RIGHTEOUS BLOOD

    Faces and heads shrouded in black, Too cowardly to show themselves, Thoughts of waging a righteous war, Against those who don’t believe as they do, Brainwashed into thinking they are doing this for their god, Misdirected, searching, groping … Continue reading

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MUTED

Colors subdued, perfunctory, underwhelmed, Yet in the palette of unimportant hues, We are held captive to the beauty, Our lives can be ordinary, uneventful, mundane, But still the array of light, shadows, darkness and aloneness, We can be held captive … Continue reading

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GOING HOME

(This poem was written a year ago at this time.  We just made the offer on our new old house – a house that has brought us much joy in just a year.) A little house is all we need … Continue reading

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HOPE ON A HILL

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Sumptuous views from an old stone bridge, meeting the dawn of day, Crossing the waters on the river’s edge, wishing that you could stay, A quiet town from days gone by … Continue reading

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FRAGMENTED LIGHT

ORIGINAL ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Fractured shards of stained glass, pour from and emptying sky, Rain has finally arrived, wringing out the humidity of overloaded clouds, The stagnancy of pollution from distant fires, And the remnant of the … Continue reading

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THE KOI POND

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Carving out a path in shallow waters, Hardly enough to wade in, These tiny creatures of God find delight, Surrounded by a landscape of lush vegetation, A gentle water feature tumbling over rock … Continue reading

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

ORIGINAL ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© GALATIANS 5:22-23   “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Fruit, luscious, ripe and sumptuous, A result … Continue reading

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PICKING UP THE PIECES

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A rusted pail, a broken wheel within a vacant field, A house that once was filled with love, the hands of time has stilled, These remnants of those days gone by, where bounty once … Continue reading

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FINAL DAYS

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Reflections fill the waters still, the path is strewn with mist, The trees take on an Autumn glow, by sun they have been kissed, The grounds will soon be closed and … Continue reading

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NOT DEAD YET

ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A bouquet of vibrant colors, slowly fading in the hand, Picked fresh this very morning, plucked from the moistened land, Our lives are like those flowers – they slowly wilt and die, We want to … Continue reading

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HE IS MY GOD

My God has healing in His wings, He covers me with His safety, He can lift me with His might, He comforts me in the softness of His wings, He is my rescue net from the storms of life, Even when the world assails … Continue reading

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THE CROSSING

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A hydrothermal basin, Steam rising from painted waters below, A magical place where bison go, To shed the dust of yesterday, And become renewed and restored, In the hissing, grumbling, belching, … Continue reading

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THE REAL SUPERMAN

In the past week we’ve been witness to heroes of all sorts.  There’s the average guy from Minnesota, who drives his boat to Texas in order to save displaced victims of Hurricane Harvey.  There’s the moms and dads who send their … Continue reading

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