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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Loudest When Still
There are many moments in our lives when we want the Lord to speak loudly, break through the noise of this world, and respond to our concerns in unmistakable ways. And sometimes He may! But in divine irony, scripture tells us that our all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present God, who if He wanted could shout from the…
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God’s Love
When thinking of love, it seems right to focus on what love truly is…love defined by the One who first loved us…who showed us through His example of how to love one another. God knew we needed both a definition and demonstration of what love is! He gave that to us in His Son! May…
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Alpha & Omega
He’s the Alpha & Omega, the Beginning and the End. Always present…always providing…always protecting…hard to understand…but trusting in His promises in order to find peace. It’s one of those things I can’t fully understand now, but in faith, I’m fully believing because nothing else makes sense for the beginning! So thankful for His unchanging character…
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I Know His Name
I love the song “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” – so simple, so wonderfully worded, so important to hang tight to…caring, loving, faithful. I find myself whispering His name more and more with each passing day. There is power in the name of Jesus, and He never forsakes those who seek Him and…
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!