The poem “Ten Things Found in a Shipwrecked Sailor's Pocket” - by
Ian McMillan has probably been done to death as far as creative writing prompts
go. Change the shipwrecked sailor to a hairdresser, an astronaut or a farmer
and you have endless permutations of what can be found in pockets.
If God wore a jacket that had pockets, make a list of
ten items that might be found in them:-
My List – note that I resisted the urge to make
anything rhyme!
The first star that ever fell
A blood-stained nail
A fist full of music notes
A tooth from Jonah’s whale
A handkerchief that Paul prayed over
A letter from Charlotte asking for blue eyes
A little black book full of empty pages
A cure for cancer
Six hours of silence for a very dark day
Me
My husband’s List – he was thinking about what men
might carry in their pockets.
A very small version of the Book of Life
A photo of
“My beloved child” (which miraculously transforms so every believer can see
themselves when He shows it to them
A wallet
that contains an infinite amount of blessings
A comb –
Jesus has long hair and a neat parting in most of the pictures
A pen for
adding names to the book of life
A
handkerchief for mourning the things that break His heart
A swiss
army knife = because every prayer can have a different solution
A mobile phone
because everyone else has got one
A watch because
He knows the day, the hour, the minute and the second
A slice of
mystery – He chooses who and when to reveal it to
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