Fifty traditional poetry forms - part 4

[afishamongmany]

41 – Shape poem

praise
JesusofNazereth
KingoftheJews
raised
uphigh
hunguptodiesomecriedcrucifysomecried
sinlesswashefrometernitywinningforme
safety
mysins
hetook
buried
inbook
hesaid
hebled
tosave
mysoul
hetome
camein
tokeep
withhimevertolivehislifeofloveIsingofhimwhocamefromabove
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[Martyr's Crown]

Very cool this shape poem!

 

[Martyr's Crown]

The upper part looks also like a crown.

 

[afishamongmany]

The upper part looks also like a crown.

1. Crown Him with many crowns,
   The Lamb upon His throne;
   Hark! How the heav’nly anthem drowns
   All music but its own!
   Awake, my soul and sing
   Of Him Who died for thee,
   And hail Him as thy matchless King
   Through all eternity.
2. Crown Him the Lord of love!
   Behold His hands and side—
   Rich wounds, yet visible above,
   In beauty glorified.
   No angel in the sky
   Can fully bear that sight,
   But downward bends His wond’ring eye
   At mysteries so bright.
3. Crown Him the Lord of life!
   Who triumphed o’er the grave,
   Who rose victorious in the strife
   For those He came to save.
   His glories now we sing,
   Who died, and rose on high,
   Who died eternal life to bring,
   And lives that death may die.
4. Crown Him the Lord of heav’n!
   One with the Father known,
   One with the Spirit through Him giv’n
   From yonder glorious throne,
   To Thee be endless praise,
   For Thou for us hast died;
   Be Thou, O Lord, through endless days
   Adored and magnified.

Matthew Bridges

 

[afishamongmany]

no.36 - Roundelay John and Mabel
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[Martyr's Crown]

no.36 - Roundelay John and Mabel
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Honestly, I thought this was about Christians put into a jail cell for their faith, yet it never came to this conclusion at the end of your poem. What is it about, then?

Or else it was well read.

 

[afishamongmany]

Dear Princess - John and Mabel is about John and Mabel , and many there be. Sometimes maybe it may even be 'bout thee and me. ><>

 

[Martyr's Crown]

Dear Princess - John and Mabel is about John and Mabel , and many there be. Sometimes maybe it may even be 'bout thee and me. ><>

Thanks for responding to this.