CHRISTMAS LIFE I am on the dusty roads that lead to homes swollen with people, crawling kids. hanging is the lingering past of a worn year. the month is fading and the rooms are lightened. With the bells of … Continue reading CHRISTMAS LIFE by Deborah Nwanguma | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Joy to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is born. His birth, not strange; yet mysterious. Formed like every other, But in the womb of a virgin. Leaving His glory, becoming poor for me. Joy to the … Continue reading Joy to the World by Princess Joy | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
The lease of God in skin On an axe and fiddling tone was words made The words poured by several servant in several decades Even when centuries make it a phony talk A minute still make it a root that … Continue reading The lease of God in skin by Tope Ashaolu| Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
WRITING ABOUT THE BABY How do you write a poem for the poet that author life without writing a book? I have learnt to write about the road network in the middle of Red Sea, the showers of manna … Continue reading WRITING ABOUT THE BABY by Elemide Benjamin | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
THE CHRISTMAS CHAPTER Our story of birth in the creation is linked to the fall of man Where a gully cracked open to spew the wrath of the heavens In form of eternal disconnection with God Most stories envelop … Continue reading THE CHRISTMAS CHAPTER by Onwana Chibueze Declan | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… In my home At the countryside Embedded within the creeks Later discovered they called us Niger Delta region. Papa would sew me a pair of shorts It was called D34 Multipurpose, this pair of … Continue reading HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… by Enyinda Nathaniel Okey | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
LIGHT IN A TUNNEL It was the 24th of December, Esther sat in her apartment feeling quite lonely, outside her apartment was buzzing with the Christmas spirit but she wondered why she felt nothing. It was the same experience … Continue reading LIGHT IN A TUNNEL by Peace Ufedojo Haruna | Fiction | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Born Again At the time the earth’s sweetness turned sour And every fountain gave bitter drink At the time the land was drained and desolate And all things in total jumble fell At that time, He came The stable … Continue reading Born Again By Olatubosun David | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Champion for Christ The glass is half full with my faith I am a descendant of Abraham I take what is mine and I push against adversity I stand in the gap for many lives So they can dive … Continue reading Champion for Christ by Tralone Lindiwe Khoza | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Lamb I remember the splendor of the light we walked toward, past fountain and bandstand and empty swingsets in the old square downtown, where tall young people stood around the manger beside the quiet animals, the rough-hewn stable a … Continue reading Lamb by Caroline Collins | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
PRAISES BE Ótu tò dili ! Praises be ! Praises be to the creator Let praises ring eternal ka mmadu ni’ne si – Let all people say – Praises be! Praises be to the creator. Ótu to dili ! Praises … Continue reading Three Poems from Abasiama Emmanuel Udom | PAROUSIA Magazine
Greetings my dearly beloved brother. Today, let’s discuss God’s healing powers. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines healing as: “The act or process of curing or restoring to health; the process of getting well; to make free from injury or … Continue reading God’s Healing Power! by Joseph S. Spence, Sr., | PAROUSIA Magazine
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING clouds of dust are frustrating veils between time & eternity, & walls between the spirit & the earth are made of clay bricks. i once carried my heart like a weight of lead … Continue reading A poem from Ayokunle Samuel Betiku | PAROUSIA Magazine
Thung Dong Farm Saints: Harvest Home Coral bougainvillea ascends the trees angel ladder door open between earth and heaven All Saints day, Harvest Home gifts treasured where you gather together in my name Small multitude, gratitude praise songs and truest … Continue reading A poem by Victoria Crawford | PAROUSIA MAGAZINE
THANKSGIVING DAY POETRY SUITE: PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU Happy Thanksgiving Day Greetings to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters on the precious day Gad has made. Psalm 95:1-2 states, “Enter His gates with Thanksgiving, and His … Continue reading THANKSGIVING DAY POETRY by Joseph S. Spence, Sr., | PAROUSIA Magazine
Today, I am taking another different approach and expand the theory of literary presentation regarding our Sunday spiritual message into another dimension. I pray the message gets across with the intended lessons to be learned and are clearly accomplished. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*********************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading Trust His Faithfulness! by Joseph S. Spence, Sr., | PAROUSIA Magazine
