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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Inner Strength (04/20/06)
I’m dancing with the Author of the Ages
as hand in hand His Music fills my soul.
Dancing with the Author of the Ages,
I let Him lead. We’re safe in His control.

We waltz through days of sunshine and sweet breezes,
drawing closer when soft shadows creep,
and when I stumble in the dark of midnight
He gently lifts and guides my trembling feet.

He leads me into morning’s joyful rhythm.
With intricate and quickening steps we glide.
I feel the strength in learning every pattern.
What wonderment that I am by His side!

At times in turns I cannot feel Him leading.
I know He’s showing me how to be strong.
It’s then I trust all that I have been learning
and faithfully keep dancing to His Song.

I’m dancing with the Author of the Ages.
He’s teaching me each step as we go on.
And one day when my life on earth is ending,
He’ll hold me close and dance me safely home.
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Date
Helen Paynter
04/27/06
What a wonderful line:
'dancing with the Author of the Ages'. Beautiful poem.
Anita Neuman
04/28/06
Beautiful work! I especially love this line: "He’ll hold me close and dance me safely home." What a wonderful image.
Maxx .
04/28/06
Very touching poem. Nice images throughout. Really liked the concept. Since this is Masters, I will pick a little. I lost the rhythm at places and the structure was ever changing. But it didn't feel like free verse ... so I had just a bit of struggle there. None of that takes away from the wonderful image of dancing with God.. the Author of the Ages. Well done!
Melanie Kerr 
04/28/06
Lovely poem. The rhyme and metre were kept up throughout. Last line of the first verse you switched from "I" to "We" in one line. The other "we"s fitted but I thought the first one should have stayed as an "I".
Marilyn Schnepp 
04/28/06
What a delightful poem - I loved it! Not much about the topic of inner strength, but the words..."Dancing with the Author of the Ages"...are so creative, and immediately drew me in. Great gift!
Purity Snowe
04/29/06
What a pretty thought! Dancing! Not sure about inner strength here, but great writing!
Suzanne R
04/29/06
The imagery is beautiful. Well done.
Laurie Glass 
05/01/06
I like how you wove the topic of inner strength into this poem without knocking us over the head with it. The second stanza is my favorite. Reading it gives me peace as well as faith in His strength.
Jan Ackerson
05/01/06
This is wonderful! The imagery is lovely, and the rhythm is exactly right for a poem about dancing. I tripped a bit on the meter in the 4th stanza, but this poem has so much going for it that it matters not one whit. I just love it.
Jean Elizabeth 
05/02/06
What a beautiful illustration of the personal relationship we can have with the Lord. Very well done!
Dr. Sharon Schuetz
05/02/06
Good message. I enjoyed reading it.
Pat Guy
05/02/06
A beautiful image of Grace along the flow of life. Wow!
Lynda Lee Schab 
05/02/06
This was a beautiful poem - great flow, terrific message. Well-crafted piece - short on words but tall on creativity. Great work!