Original Works
Discover Poems by Stan Fleming
A collection of heartfelt poetry created with the desire to have a deeper relationship with the Lord. Dive into poems that reflect Stan’s journey to know God more.
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Raging Fire
I yearn for those moments when I feel God’s presence…reminding me He’s near…encouraging me to trust Him even more. We hear about God’s presence in Exodus 24:17, “the awesome sight: the glory of the Lord…like a raging fire.” I love that description…a raging fire…and even though I typically feel His presence much more subtly than…
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Puzzle
My wife worked on a 3,000 piece puzzle…it got increasingly beautiful as various images within the puzzle came together…and it was spectacular when all the pieces were finally put in place. Which got me thinking about our lives, the puzzles we really are, and our Creator and Puzzleer who knows how each piece fits together…
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Miracles
There are many moments I forget how close God truly is. But the more I seek, the more I find His presence everywhere and His fingerprints on everything – in creation for sure; in that unexpected moment where someone calls at that perfect time with the perfect comment; in that reminder of what God has…
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Ask Believing
I’m remembering my Dad on this Father’s Day. I wrote this poem based on a lesson he wanted me to learn about praying believing, and the miracle that happened which gave us a bit more time with him before he was called home to his eternal celebration: “Ask Believing” My Dad was sick, we rushed…
The Creative Process
Each poem starts with an inspiration – could be a photo that triggers a thought, a thought that then matches to a photo, or a yearning from Scripture that then results in the pursuit of a photo that matches with it. Almost all result in deeper discovery about the precept of faith that emerges from the photo or thought.
Many of the core elements of faith end up in multiple inspirations and thus multiple poems as a result.
All of the poems are drafted and then set aside, and when I return to them, the inspiration from the beginning is either affirmed and the poem then finalized, or I’ll make significant edits based on where the Spirit leads me in that revisit.
I get great joy in the creation process, and I smile when I feel like the poem captures the thought put on my heart in the exact way I felt inspired with it.
That’s not always the case, but I love it when it happens that way!