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You are right. Both are justifiable word choices there.

This poem is basically an attempt to look at nature and its seasons in the Arctic north and find in it echoes of spiritual metaphors from a Christian perspective.

As my thoughts are starting to turn toward Christmas, I find myself listening to Christmas music more often. This one is a Christmas classic in Finland, although this version is a bit more unconventional in that it's performed by metal singers (although the song itself is not heavy). I found a...

Condemnation. Dark ceremonies decorated with gloomy colors Frosting the tears that hide last memory of life Vanishing sounds of fading tomorrows Swallowed by beast bringing the long dayless night No escape from this judgment now for a time Or endlessly if no end was ever decreed Just deserts...

I had no idea what "Pancake day" was but it sounded delicious. So now I learned that it's the same as Shrove Tuesday although that too is more familiar to me by its Finnish name "laskiaistiistai". Our related food tradition doesn't involve pancakes but I'm not complaining as long as I can get...

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked it. I guess you meant "for" in place of "of" rather than vice versa because currently it has "of" (if you mean the title). And yes, I think it would make sense to put "for" there. Can't say offhand which one I would prefer. The title was almost like an...

I like this one. Seems to encapsulate many of the same thoughts and emotions that you've written about in non-poetry format as well. Sometimes I find that I need an intial spark to get my "poetry machine" running. I've used your poem as spark once before ("The Journey of the Redeemed Heart" was...

Some parts of this poem should make sense with even a cursory knowledge of the relevant Biblical texts. Other parts probably make more sense in light of some specific details from the Biblical narratives. There's also one interpretative move that would be interesting if valid but I'm not totally...

As cloudless night falls in the desert Abraham looks at the glory of starry sky Feeling the weight of his earthen vessel Already filling of the years gone by Remnants of light from the fiery stars above Reach down as rays form their crown The diadem of illumination carries soft glow To great...

However, I'm afraid the more complex stuff isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The poem that I'm currently working on is definitely on the complex side, and while I think there is a lot of meaning that can be gained from it with reasonably little effort, there will be a kind of "gem" hidden...

I tend to be quite skeptical anytime anyone suggests that quantum theory either proves or disproves something spiritual. But that's just my prejudice.

OK, thanks for ruining my excuse. :p Anyway, I tried to make this one much simpler with the aim of possibly making it a song at some point. Many of my poems may be a bit too complex for that. I did even come up with a very simple melody that might work. But I think I'll keep it under...

In addition to the Finnish 1992 translation, I use NASB and NIV.

The point that I tried to make is actually neutral regarding any specific view on the whole faith vs works debate. In other words, I think it can be made to work with almost any view on that matter because that whole juxtaposition of faith vs works is not really the focus of what I tried to say...

Somewhere in the west coast area. :)

Only now I noticed that this one is only 10 minutes. I assumed it's about the same length as the one you posted previously from Williams. Well, now there's even less excuse for me to not watch/listen to it.

I don't doubt that self-examination for the purpose of finding specific sins that may have been hidden to us can be valuable. Still it seems to me that when one delves deep enough, perhaps one will find more about the existence of "sin" rather than just specific "sins", meaning the sin nature...

So is it "women" collectively that prefer Muslims and atheists over Christians? Or even the subsection of women who identify as Christian? I'll assume that you think this holds even for Christian women since that's what you seemed to indicate earlier. Hmm, even though I'm from the neighboring...

Defending "every inch" of territory hardly requires a war over what seems like a mistake rather than purposeful targeting. I would predict that unless it can be proven that these missiles were intentionally fired by Russia with the intention to hit Poland, the most that we will see is some...

I'm all for keeping the home reasonably tidy (although I often fail in that). But people have very different ideas about what's the reasonable level of tidiness and what's just excess and waste of valuable time. So perhaps one red flag could be having too different views of what counts as...