My New Poetry Book is Out Now!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I just published a book of poetry. A lot of it contains Christian poems. I have written poetry since I was 8 years old, and now I am in my 30’s. This book was long-awaited and a labor of love. I hope you check it out. It’s on Kindle Unlimited too.


Carly Wiggins

Life Stanzas: Selected Poems


One of my poems in the book:

Here’s a link:

 

Crushed Leaves

The heights of existence

Leave no room for resistance

I hear you say

But I don’t agree

Personal hearts wrapped in love

Are packages without delay


But packages in the mailroom of my heart

I lost the key and it’s my fault

I thought I desired approval

With your stamp of love

And signature

But I see the removal


Is it my fault or the fault of you?

I cannot choose

Please come over

Or have dinner with me

I miss your affirming eyes

But your yes changes like a October


I just want love

Is that enough?

I guess it starts with me

I see falling leaves in your eyes

Not with a celebratory feel

But crushed leaves in the mire of a past story


I guess it starts with me

I must move on fully

Like a full fleshed out moon

When I find my key

I won’t give up

I’ll make room

(C) Carly Wiggins December 2024

Solace and Forestry

Anyone else afraid?

Am I just going out a limb?

Is that why animals hide in trees?

To make the night end faster?

When the sun goes dim


The gloomy meets with the distraught

Because misery loves company

If there is some intruding danger

I want the twigs and leaves to enclose me

Solace is found in forestry


(C) Carly Wiggins December 2023

Soul’s Ache

Withstand

Every demand

With your head

In your hand


Feeling scared

Underprepared

If you trust God

Know He cares


Delegations

Uncomfortable situations

Be bold

Keep your ambitions


Jesus to the cross

Shows whose boss

It’s destiny

Not a coin toss


This world is ugly

Deepest black sea

A current

Of hypocrisy


Jesus says

To pray

For everyone

Esp. for your enemy


Trust your faith

The soul’s ache

The map of longing

To never forsake

God is Faithful

God is faithful 

We should be grateful 

The grass may fade 

And bodies turn to dust

But believing is a must 


When will the end be?

How faraway is eternity?

All I know the earth is decaying 

In time the trumpets to be playing 


Do you believe God is faithful to the end?

And that every knee will bend?

These trouble seem to go on for miles

But will see His goodness in these trials


My story is relatable and unique 

But in Him I am strong when I feel weak

God is faithful to me

Just look at the cross at Calvary


(C) Written by Carly Wiggins 2021

It Starts with Changed Hearts

Feeling alone 

Like a gnome

Left in the snow

Everyone says

Everything will be okay

But why I do feel

Like a deserted ashtray?


I know I cause others grief

When my worries aren’t brief

And they can get no relief 

I know I am overly sensitive 

But isn’t all relative?

The way I view life

Is my unique perspective 


I see things into the spirit realm 

Beauty that overwhelms 

But also evil entities that condemn

How will we stop them?


Their words seem so self-assured

All the assaults believers have endured 

I want to rise above and to be reassured

In a world where lines are blurred


Didn’t people see this coming?

We thought we knew who were becoming

But are glass houses are crumbling 

But you on a slippery slope

If you think you have all the answers 

You’ll be at the end of your rope


I want treasures of heaven to come to earth

And create an entirely new birth 

But first, our iniquities must come forth

I am no expectation 

To see I need more and more grace

It is no exaggeration 


The love of God knows no bounds

It’s like mighty angel wings that surround

And believers moving to a new sound

I am excited about this possibility 

Of love gaining new ground in Thee

But you know what?

It starts with changed hearts of you and me 

(C) Written by Carly Wiggins 2022

Save the Best for Last


It’s not about perfection but about faith 

God is saving the best for last 

In the wedding feast

We will be drinking His wine 

Made from the finest of grapes

When we sit down 

And look at His crown

We will truly understand these new times


Fear is a absence of trust

It’s like walking on broken glass

He wants to restore

Our hearts of splinters 

That have been gathering dust

When we look into His dynamic eyes

We will truly understand why we are alive

A new dawn is upon us from our previous winters


(C) Written by Carly Wiggins 2021