Bittersweet and Strange

By Esther Spurrill Jones

Sitting on the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Christian can be uncomfortable to say the least.

In this collection of poetry, Esther Spurrill Jones explores these two parts of her identity and the ways she has integrated them. From anger to joy, from heartbreak to love, the poems in this volume wander and rage through the spectrums of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Esther Spurrill Jones
• Release date: Jan 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463905289

Esther Spurrill Jones

I learned to read when I was four years old, and I began writing soon thereafter. My first story was about a girl and her horse—it was awful, but my parents loved it, which encouraged me to continue. My favourite genres are of the fantastical and magical, where the mundane rules of real life don't apply.

Book preview

God created the heavens and the earth 

And everything in between;

The evening and the morning 

And the expanse of day and night,

The dry land and the seas,

And He stretched the shoreline in between.

He made the sun and the moon,

And He placed the stars upon the sky.

And He made male and female

And everything in between.

Where We Were

Jesus said, Love one another;

Everyone sisters and brothers.

We’ve strayed so far, this now my prayer:

Let’s return to where we were.

We’ve complicated everything,

Drifted far from our Wellspring,

Contaminated what was pure.

Let’s return to where we were.

Our fundamental, simple base

Is merely love and joy and faith.

In light of this, now hear me roar,

"Let’s return to where we