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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All Is Yours
The enormity and complexity of this amazing and frustrating world can be overwhelming. I felt that way when looking down at the cities on a flight. But one of the many cool things about faith is that the enormity and complexity of this world turns into intimacy and simplicity when we believe that all in…
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Intimacy with the Lord
So thankful we have a God who makes us aware of His presence and welcomes us into an intimate relationship with Him. And I’m also thankful that we have a Lord who walked in our shoes and fully understands all we go through, and as we seek to know Him more, He reveals to us…
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God Is Speaking
The Lord is communicating with us in so many ways…through His Spirit inside of us, through His Word and how it talks to us, through those He puts in our path in just that right moment for that needed word of support or encouragement, through His creation which sings out in praise…so many ways. He’s…
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Be Careful
In this world with so many temptations and dangers, it just seemed right to focus on being careful and wise rather than impulsive and careless, which I often am. I remind myself constantly now to pause, pray, and armor up before leaping into the battle of any moment. But oh how hard that is with…
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!