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Transplantation

My thoughts so easily jumble

Joining my dreams like a pile of rubble

I tasted

I saw

I thought it was good

But the Giver is better

Continue reading →

November 2, 2020October 31, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Better, Christian, Death & Life, Dreams, Heaven, His Love Is Steadfast, Joy, Life, Love, My Gardener, Pain, Poem, Poetry, Resurrection, Rubble, Transplantation Leave a comment

Ebenezers

I want to weave words

like spiderweb cords Continue reading →

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Dew, Ebenezers, Grace, Handicapped, Hieroglyphic, Hope, Life, Mist, On Christ the Solid Rock, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Remember, Spiderwebs, Stones, Tablet, Tears, Thankful, Thinking, Words, Writing 1 Comment

Published!

Here is a link to my new poem “Rocked” published over at Fathom Magazine! Continue reading →

April 13, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Fathom Magazine, Grace, Hope, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Published, Remember, Rocked, Thinking, Writing Leave a comment

Dear Me: Remember Grandpa

This is part of a series of letters in which I write to my future self: Continue reading →

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, Dear MeTags: Dear Me, Faithfulness, God's Love, Grandpa, Life, Love, Photography, Remember, Steadfast Love, USA, Writing Leave a comment

No Trace

Sandals removed

Where the rocks have been smoothed

Waters rise, waters fall

I am small Continue reading →

December 9, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Grace, Joy, Life, Love, No Trace, Peace, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Sand, The Sea, Thinking, Writing Leave a comment

Dear Me: The Americas & Horror

This is part of a series of letters in which I write to my future self: Continue reading →

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, Dear MeTags: Abortion, Act, B&W, Breaking, Fear, God's Love, Grace, Guilt, Help, Holocaust, Hope, Horror, Life, Love, Mercy, Photography, Pray, Pro life, Remember, shadows, Sorrow, Tears, The Americas, Thinking, Trust, USA, Writing 1 Comment

Take Me

A river flows

Running to lose itself

Into something bigger

Something better

Take me to where water meets water Continue reading →

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Breaking, God's Love, Grace, Grind, Holy Holy Holy, Hope, Joy, Love, Ocean, Peace, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Significance, Sing, Soft enough to sleep on, Something Better, Something Bigger, Sorrow, Take Me, Thankful, Thinking, Trust, Trust in the Lord, Waves, Writing 1 Comment

Dear Me: Steadfast Love

And so begins a series of letters in which I will write to my future self. Continue reading →

August 25, 2019November 2, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, Dear MeTags: A Letter, A Note To Self, Dear Forthcoming Me, God's Love, Grace, Joy, Love, Peace, Photography, Remember, Savior, Steadfast, Steadfast Love, Thankful, The Word, Thinking, Trust, Writing Leave a comment

Daddy

You know how to have fun

Whether putting your mullet in a ponytail to make your little girl laugh

Dancing with her to the blast of your klipsch speakers. Lost hearing anyone? Continue reading →

June 16, 2019August 25, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: B&W, Daddy, Fun, Happy Father's Day, I love you, Joy, Just so you know, Love, Poetry, Remember, Thankful, Writing 1 Comment

How Many?

I have been the hidden mourner

Crying in a room

Sound waves of life and laughter from other rooms

breaking the wet silence Continue reading →

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: B&W, Grace, He Is Sovereign, Hills & Valleys, Hope, How Many?, In Christ Alone, Joy, Joy & Light, Light, Love, Love One Another, Our Maker, Photography, Poetry, Reforming Joy, Remember, Sorrow, Tears, Thankful, Thinking, Trust, Trust in the Lord, Writing 1 Comment

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