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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Legacy
This week’s poem was inspired by a prompt from my friend Bob Nordeman. He asked if I’d ever written about “legacy”…which I had not…and he mentioned how his daughter Nichole’s song by that name was one of his favorites. And then in a divine “aha moment”, shortly thereafter, I heard Nichole’s song on KLOVE (you…
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No Words
I’m in awe of creation…truly in awe. I’ll stand outside staring into the mountains or staring into the heavens, and in those moments, I feel the incredible glory of God, who designed all of this to shout out praises to Him. That’s what this poem is about: “No Words” The skies proclaim Your handiwork,We see…
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I Will Not Be Shaken
It’s so easy to be overcome with worry and fear as we look forward into the uncertainty of life. And even though we know that our God is faithful and He is certain, when we lose focus on Him and let our minds wander, it’s then we can be traumatized by what might be next.…
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Humility
We’ve all heard Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” – often times shortened to “pride comes before the fall”. In our world with so much arrogance, ego, and pride, we need to be reminded that humility allows the learning to occur and the wisdom to come. That’s what…
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!