Poetry – Red Tent Living

A Hero’s Journey

By: redtentwomen July 11, 2024February 19, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly Themes, WholeheartedFaith, God, Poetry, Taylor White, Trusting God1 Comment

I am on a hero’s journey. To where? I do not know. All I do is chooseto show up each day As a bright light As a brave heart As burning hope.

Turning Tables

By: redtentwomen June 27, 2024April 26, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly ThemesCee Marie Christie, Change, Change Agent, Jesus, Poetry1 Comment

Entering the temple amongst the noise and cries Of the money changers selling means for sacrifice Filled with holy anger, he lashed through the crowd Turning over tables and throwing them out

I Don’t Think God Is a Man

By: redtentwomen June 20, 2024March 25, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly ThemesAmber Jimerson, Faith, God, poem, Poetry2 Comments

I think god made the trees to remind me to breathe and to stand when everything changes and to make something majestic out of this crookedness.

Temple

By: redtentwomen June 13, 2024April 30, 2024

Monthly ThemesAnna-Marie Musico, poem, Poetry, TimeLeave a Comment

when grief bleeds out measure of Time may dally- this seems, to the naked eye depressants are but tuneless air in the snow- chills from dogma’s speech

Showing Up

By: redtentwomen June 6, 2024April 30, 2024

Faith, Monthly ThemesChurch, Church pain, Grief, Poetry, Rebecca JacquesLeave a Comment

What does it mean, now, for me to show up? Is it me, my body, clean, clothed, and correct, a physical form occupying space? Saying yes, smiling, sorting through small talk while inside my heart races?

What Remains

By: redtentwomen March 22, 2024February 27, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly Themes1 Corinthians 13, Faith, Hope, Janna Barber, Love, PoetryLeave a Comment

Several years ago I was inspired to write a short poem based on 1 Corinthians 13:13, which states that faith, hope, and love are the three most important virtues. I’ve always preferred short poems over epic poetry because a.) I’m a slow reader, and b.) I have a short attention span. But, give me a…

A Promise

By: redtentwomen October 17, 2023September 21, 2023

Faith, Monthly ThemesChaos, courage, Hope, Poetry, Vanessa Sadler5 Comments

It’s in the shadows and the unknown where courage blooms and fears are undone A choice To set our face like flint toward the tempest Where winds howl and doubts dance

Whispers of Light

By: redtentwomen September 14, 2023July 27, 2023

Art, Faith, Femininity, Monthly ThemesArt, Heather Medley, Hope, Poetry, Restoration, StrengthLeave a Comment

Hushed words seize power, Veiled whispers shatter safety, The desire to wilt. Yet, strength blooms in twilight’s veil, Anchored in embracing Light. Heather Medley is a woman who is learning to be present and kind to herself and to the people she loves. She is drawn to engage her world with hope of restoration and…

Untamed

By: redtentwomen May 24, 2023April 22, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themescreativity, Freedom, Grace Brindle, Independence, Poetry2 Comments

I can hear her. On the nights The wind screams through the trees And the waves crash In rhythmic chaos On the shore. When night is darkest And bejeweled skies Tell no secrets.