Too many dead ends and blind corners. Too often the thought that I’ve been this way before. Life is sometimes the maze. Often just amazing. Follow me – I might know the way out…

Mouse in the Maze

Books...

Someone once said that poetry is “a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” If that is the case then Wider Than The Corners Of This World, a first collection of poems, is good poetry. Everyone who has walked with God for any length of time knows that there is a great deal of joy to be had, not a small amount of pain and always a sense of wonder.

Melanie’s poetry has its roots in a vibrant faith in a living God. Neither remote nor reserved, God is intimate and involved in all aspects of life. Melanie’s poetry is exquisitely crafted. Through her words she creates images that make visible this seemingly invisible God.

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Christian poetry has within it an almost default setting where people tilt their heads away from this world with all of its injustices. The goodness of God is not up for debate and we choose not to look too closely at our damaged world. Melanie Kerr opens her second collection with poems to prick our sense of what is fair and make us say, ‘Ouch!’

The world can often be a hostile place but Melanie reminds is that God is faithful. Inspired by the great hymn ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’ she draws out delightful truths about God and His stepping off His throne, putting on our dust and choosing to enter into His creation.

Honest poems beautifully written reflect a heart that is fascinated with God. Never keeping us at arms-length, He invites us to draw near.