Advent Is – A Googlism Poem
This afternoon I was reading the poetry of a fellow blogger who had commented on one of my poems, and learned of a Form for All lesson I had missed at dVerse Poets Pub a few weeks ago. The lesson from Sam Peralta was on writing a poem based on the results of a search at googlism.com (not affiliated with Google, Inc.). I decided to give it a try and typed in the word “Advent” in the search. I then created the following poem out of the results. I decided not to repeat the phrase “Advent is” with each line, but instead to group the results into several stanzas. With Advent just around the corner (it starts Dec. 1), I offer this poem in preparation.
12/3/13 Update: We are 3 days into the Advent season, but I decided to share this for Open Link Night at dVerse today.
Advent Is
Advent is coming
Advent is a season
a holy season
a marvelous season
a season of preparation
not a penitential season
too good a season to waste
the season that begins the liturgical year
an especially lovely season and we can make great use of it
Advent is a time
a time of waiting
a time of preparation
a time of awaiting God
a time of spiritual preparation
a time of preparation for Christmas
a time of expectation and reflection
a time of awaiting a God who loves us
a time when Christians prepare to greet Christ
a time to celebrate Light in the midst of darkness
a time for looking forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus
a good time for us to live like people who are being redeemed
Advent is
for waiting
active waiting
promise of peace
about preparation
rest for the weary
anticipation and hope
about who holds the future
both a beginning and an end
one of those marvelous little jewels
a period of devout and joyful expectation
celebrated by Christians all over the world
a longing and anticipation in the midst of suffering
celebrated as a time of joy and hope as we await the coming of the King
Advent is kind of like that
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Thank you for this great poetic reflection of Advent. Advent is a particularly meaningful season for me, so I enjoyed reading this.
Thanks!
And you arranged them to be in the shape of trees! So well done! I’d love to print these for our house, may I?
Of course! I actually didn’t think of them as being trees when I first did it but you are right. Peace, Linda
Thank you! 🙂 Bright blessings.
I enjoyed your seasonal poem Linda and the great use of the form – in both senses of the word. It is also a wonderful reflection on the meaning of Advent.
Thanks for this i just learn a word with its full meaning…….. woooooh
It’s a great word to learn. 🙂
cool on doing a googlism poem… and advent…too good a season to waste… so true.. i love the spirit of preparing and waiting…
Very nice. I like Googlisms.This reminds me of being Catholic. 🙂
Finally a “googlism poem” with some structure! That was nice. And I enjoyed your laconic ending line. Truth is people have no idea of what advent is.
Anders, I’m all about structure in my poetry. Even my free verse has structure! Our God is a God of order and so I like to follow suit. 🙂 Personally, I love Advent and taking time to reflect on the true gift of Christmas. Peace, Linda
A great way to sum up advent. 🙂
I preached on this theme on Sunday 1st December 2013 – you’ve said all I tried to say then, and said it better too.
I would have liked to have heard that sermon! 🙂 Peace to you in the Advent season. Linda
Yes, Advent is like that! Nice poem!
Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you liked the poem. It was a fun one to write. Peace, Linda
Beautiful, Linda!! I have been thinking a lot about the meaning of advent as well….both as leading up to the birth of Jesus & also leading up to the time when Jesus will come again.
Oh… yes advent is a lot of things … and yes it has arrived… we light another candle every week…
smiles…caught this last week when i got your ping…i hope that your advent is going well…smiles.
about who holds the future…smiles…i like that line much…and its only days away…i hope that yours is a special time of waiting in anticipation…