Writing Good Poems About Christ

By Amanda Baird


Composing good poems about Christ involves looking at the life of the Christ and his teachings. The poems should reflect on the parables which he taught as well as the gospels which he preached. For instance, the writer should be able to conceptualize the parable then to compose a poem with the teachings of the parable.

In this parable, a younger son had demanded his share of wealth from his father. The father was a wealthy man who had two sons. The father divided for him his wealth and remained with those that belong to the older son. The younger one sold all the things he was given and then took off to go to a different town. He spent the money with his friends until he remained with nothing.

He started suffering in the town where he had gone to as his friends could not help him. He then decided to go back to his home and ask for forgiveness. The father forgave him and welcomed him back home. This parable of the lost son may be composed in a form of a poem.

Different parables may be used to compose different poems teaching on the same thing. For instance, the other parable on forgiveness is the parable of the two debtors. It is necessary to establish the background under which the parable was used in order to fully understand the reason and applicability.

Jesus also taught on forgiveness using the parable of the two debtors. Jesus told this story while they were having dinner with his disciples, then a woman who was known as a prostitute joined them on the dinner even though he was not invited. He cleaned the feet of Jesus, anointed the same feet with an expensive oil the kissed it. The disciples felt bad that Jesus was associating with sinners.

He then anointed it using a very expensive perfume. Jesus then told the parable inform of a question. He asked them supposed a lender had two debtors. One owed him five hundred Denarii while the other owed him fifty Denarii.

Jesus then posed a question to the disciple to tell the person who was more grateful among the two debtors. One of the disciples then answered that the debtor who had more debt. He then related the parable to the situation which was at hand. He told the disciples that since the woman had committed more sins; he was more grateful when he was forgiven.

The other gospel which would be significant is the sermon on the mountain. In this gospel, for instant, he taught that those who are meek are blessed because they will inherit the earth. This therefore encourages people to be meek. He also encouraged people to be righteous in all they are doing if they want to own kingdom of heaven. The same gospel also encourages people to always ensure that peace prevails.This sermon on the mountain is a poem on its own. Poets may therefore use it as well to create other poems about Christ. These teachings and parables therefore are of great importance and significant in poetry.




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