I'm ready to start my next book, now that the Marshall books have been published.  I'm not sure if there will be another Marshall book or not, but for now I'm moving on to another project.

I love poetry and have written many poems over my lifetime.  I'm considering writing a series of Bible stories in poetic form.  My audience will be young readers, who can read them with their parents or caregivers.  I fear most children don't know these ancient stories, and I thought this could be an intriguing way to provide them with this knowledge.

I started with the story of Moses.  It's not complete, but I'll share it here, hoping I'll get some feedback as to whether I should pursue this idea or not.  Any and all comments are appreciated.

Moses saves His People

When Moses was a baby boy the Pharoah of the land

Commanded that all Israelite baby boys’ lives, would have to end.

His mother put him in a basket and sent him down the Nile

Along with his sister to look after him, they traveled about a mile.

 Some women bathing in the river, saw the basket, while his sister watched and waited,

They saw it was holding a baby boy, and they knew they had to save it.

The Pharoah’s daughter adopted him to be her own sweet son,

She gave him the name of Moses, hoping a new Pharoah he could someday become.

As Moses grew up in the palace, as a member of the Pharoah’s clan,

He began to worry about the family from which he had originally come.

When he grew up to a full-grown man, he decided he needed to leave,

Knowing this would surely make his adopted family grieve.

The Pharoah was angry with Moses, and sent him on his way,

Moses traveled far and wide, to a new and different place

While their God spoke to Moses, by a burning bush on a mountainside,

And told him to go back to Egypt, his people needed him as a guide.

When Moses went back to the Pharoah, he asked him to let his people go,

But the Pharoah was angry with Moses and gave him a definite “NO!”

Moses went to God in prayer asking what he should do next,

God answered, “I’ll send some plagues to convince, that my people need to exit!”

For the next several days ten plagues were sent, from frogs to locusts and lice

The water of the Nile was turned to blood red, and hail stones fell from sky,

Finally old Pharoah had enough and said, “Take your people away!”

“I know they won’t like their freedom and they’ll come back to me one day.”

So, Moses led his people out of Egypt to the shores of the wide Red Sea,

And wondered how they would cross; no way was provided they could see.

By this time the wicked Pharoah had a change of mind one day,

He sent his chariots out to catch them and stop them from running away.

The Israelites saw the chariots coming and asked Moses “What shall we do?”

Moses offered a prayer to God, asking for help, which they knew they needed soon.

As the chariots grew closer, God sent a fire to stop them,

While telling Moses to touch the sea with his staff, and they were all amazed at what happened!

 The sea started opening, making a way for the people to cross on dry land,

It was held in place while the people crossed, by God’s own mighty hand.

As soon as all were safely, to the shore on the other side,

The chariots again started chasing them, as the fire holding them back did subside.

Just as the horses entered the sea, the waters started closing in,

And all the chariots and horses were buried under them.

Now following Moses, the crowd knelt down, praising God for their safe escape,

God protected all of his people, from what might have been a deathly fate.

Now Moses had a problem. How could he take care of all these folks?

With a need for food and water, his problems were beginning to grow!

He knew that God would guide him, as he’d promised he would do his best,

You’ll have to read the next story to learn what happened next.

God bless you as you contemplate the stories of the Bible today.

Here’s a link to answer the question of how poetry is a preferred way to express your thoughts.

https://whenyouwrite.com/why-is-poetry-written