Category: Nahum’s Writing

My Next Writing Project

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Having just finished writing a poem based on The Song of Solomon (a beautiful new marriage), I am now turning his creative attentions to the Biblical book of Hosea.  Hosea, whose name means ‘salvation’ in Hebrew, explores how the beautiful marriage between God and Israel had soured due to the unfaithfulness of Israel’s northern kingdom. Within its pages, Hosea so profoundly conveys the breathtaking love of God as it also clashes with His holiness. What is God to do with His backsliding bride? How tortuous is it for God to love His wayward bride in her rebelliousness?! Hosea has a lot of personal significance for me, so I am looking forward to writing it all down as a contemporary English poem to bless God’s people.

God bless, Nahum.

Sample of Song of Solomon Poem, Walking in the Garden with Jesus

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For the last 1.5 years I have committed the Old Testament book of The Song of Solomon to English poetic verse; I named it “Walking with Jesus in the Garden: Amazing Grace in The Song of Solomon”. The Song celebrates an ideal marriage between King Solomon (named Dodi, or The Beloved) and his bride, the Shulamite. The Song is fulfilled in Christ, who is the Beloved as He loves His bride, the Church. The sample passage here is based on 4:1-3.

My next project is to write a poem based on the book of Hosea, whose message is very close to my own heart. The full version of Walking with Jesus in the Garden is available, should you wish to read it. The chapter breaks are as follows:

– Introduction
– Act I: A Banquet of Anticipation
– Act II: Found, Lost, & Re-Discovered
– Act III: Climax & Consummation
– An Interlude
– Act IV: Lost & Found Again
– Act V: Affirmation & Anticipation
– Act VI – The Song of Christ, The Beloved (how Jesus fulfils The Song of Solomon).

God bless, Nahum.

Ready for Publishing!

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At last, I have now committed The Song of Solomon to poetic meter in English, having completed all editing.  It has certainly been a labour of love in the last 1.5 years, but it is now ready for publishing.  If you are interested in getting a copy of Walking with Jesus in the Garden: Amazing Grace in The Song of Solomon, you can message me at fjellrein23#@#gmail.com (just remember to eliminate the two # characters when you use the address.  As it stands, the book has an introduction of approximately 4,000 words with the poetry itself being approximately 6,700 words.  It also contains a Bibliography.

I am hoping to find a company that will publish the book for me, but in the meantime, I will attempt to publish it myself online.

God bless, Nahum.