The Genesis Jigsaw - Sample

The Genesis Jigsaw

52 new poems inspired by Genesis

Available on Amazon.co.uk from 10th December 2025

Genesis 1:

Let There be Light!

Before the quarks and nebulae were spun,

And set upon their pirouettes to run,

As space and time were curved and carved aright,

God spoke and to the vacant void came light.

God spoke the Word and life came into sight;

Fine creatures filled the seas and land and air ,

Impala, panda, penguin, polar bear.

God’s blessèd Spirit breathed and waters deep

Were brought to heel with boundaries to keep.

The triune God a triune world construed,

Sea, land and sky with light and life imbued.

To lifeless dust His Holy Spirit breathed

And humankind in His own likeness wreathed.

“Be fruitful!” was the blessing He bequeathed.

Genesis 4:                    

Where is your Brother?

Proud fruit of his toil with mattock and plough,

Cain offered vegetables, wrought from the ground.

The way more acceptable, Abel knew how,

With lamb from the flock, God’s favour he found.

“Come to the field, to the place where I strive

To master my envy and murderous pride.

But how can I live, if God does not love?

I need His approval, a smile from above.”

How blessèd are parents of brothers who dwell

In unity, fellowship, kindness and peace.

How heavy the burden when, under the spell

Of jealous, foul anger they find no release.

“Where is your brother? Oh, what have you done?”

The blood of the martyrs had started to run.

Genesis 29:         

Birthright Priorities

Deception, disguise and the theft of a dress

Were ruses that Jacob employed with success,

But Laban was smarter than Jacob had guessed

And Leah, approving his plan, acquiesced.

Rachel was moved to a place where her screams

Fell silent and died there along with her dreams.

Leah, perceiving what Laban required,

Was given to Jacob for what he desired.

The truth was revealed at the first light of dawn,

Rage replaced love when the curtains were drawn.

‘What have you done?’ asked the innocent twister,

‘I laboured in vain for her beautiful sister!’

‘We know you loved Rachel when first you beheld her,

But birthright priorities go to the elder.’

Genesis 41:                 

Royal Interpreter

Pharaoh was troubled by dreams in the night

Of harvests and livestock consumed by a blight.

The butler remembered what Joseph had said

When he and the baker had dreams on their bed.

Up from the dungeon the pris’ner was hauled,

Joseph to Pharaoh’s own court-room was called

To give understanding to dreams once again;

‘God knows the meaning! Oh yes and amen!’

‘The two dreams are one, for the Lord has decreed

A famine will follow abundance with need.

In years of great plenty, put excess aside,

Prepare for the famine, if not, woe betide!’

A pardon was granted and Joseph deployed

To garner the harvests which Egypt enjoyed.