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Rhyme Time - Poems with a message for you to read. Poems of truth that plant a seed.
We are all on a journey, travelling through life, with a short span of time.
We are all on a journey, with all kinds of strife, rest now in words of rhyme.
The poems that are penned in this book have been inspired by many of the things that we encounter on our journeys. This includes: Fear, mental illness, rejection, image, self-worth, Christmas, and of course God’s hand in our lives, plus much more.
The words in this book are words of hope, encouragement and inspiration. We are all more capable than we give ourselves credit for. Read a short snippet of Brendan’s life here and may it inspire you to break though the barriers that are holding you back.
I left school without an English qualification.
Unable to string two sentences together.
It’s fair to say that I hated writing.
I couldn’t see the point.
I couldn’t see the beauty.
The beauty that lies in words.
And the power.
Words are so powerful.
They can bring about change.
They influence.
But how did I change?
Ten years after leaving school I read about Jesus.
Not for the first time,
but the words that I read came alive.
This man Jesus felt real.
So, I stepped into a relationship with Him.
He came into my life and transformed my mind.
Within a year I was writing rap songs,
songs with a message.
The words would just fall into my head,
sometimes in bed or just walking the dog.
It was as if a blockage had been removed.
The songs that I wrote recorded and performed can be found at the end of this book.
The cover of this book tells you that
I am the author of this work.
However, that is not strictly true.
All of the words written here are inspired
and given to me by God.
I see myself simply as a conduit,
a messenger and His instrument to be used.
Thank you Lord God for speaking to me and for giving me ears to hear and a heart to receive. For giving me tools and gifts, then telling me to use them for YOU.
We are all on a journey, with all kinds of strife, rest now in words of rhyme.
The poems that are penned in this book have been inspired by many of the things that we encounter on our journeys. This includes: Fear, mental illness, rejection, image, self-worth, Christmas, and of course God’s hand in our lives, plus much more.
The words in this book are words of hope, encouragement and inspiration. We are all more capable than we give ourselves credit for. Read a short snippet of Brendan’s life here and may it inspire you to break though the barriers that are holding you back.
I left school without an English qualification.
Unable to string two sentences together.
It’s fair to say that I hated writing.
I couldn’t see the point.
I couldn’t see the beauty.
The beauty that lies in words.
And the power.
Words are so powerful.
They can bring about change.
They influence.
But how did I change?
Ten years after leaving school I read about Jesus.
Not for the first time,
but the words that I read came alive.
This man Jesus felt real.
So, I stepped into a relationship with Him.
He came into my life and transformed my mind.
Within a year I was writing rap songs,
songs with a message.
The words would just fall into my head,
sometimes in bed or just walking the dog.
It was as if a blockage had been removed.
The songs that I wrote recorded and performed can be found at the end of this book.
The cover of this book tells you that
I am the author of this work.
However, that is not strictly true.
All of the words written here are inspired
and given to me by God.
I see myself simply as a conduit,
a messenger and His instrument to be used.
Thank you Lord God for speaking to me and for giving me ears to hear and a heart to receive. For giving me tools and gifts, then telling me to use them for YOU.
106 pages, Paperback
First published November 13, 2020
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About the author
Brendan Conboy
24 books13 followersMy biography is one of my published books. It's called THE GOLDEN THREAD. So, I will use this place to tell you why I write.
I left school without an English qualification. Unable to string two sentences together. It’s fair to say that I hated writing. I couldn’t see the point. I couldn’t see the beauty. The beauty that lies in words. And the power. Words are so powerful. They can bring about change. They influence. But how did I change?
Ten years after leaving school I read about Jesus. Not for the first time, but the words that I read came alive. This man Jesus felt real. So, I stepped into a relationship with Him. He came into my life and transformed my mind.
Within a year I was writing rap songs, songs with a message. The words would just fall into my head. Sometimes in bed or just walking the dog. Like a blockage had been removed.
The cover of each of my books, tell you that I am the author of the work. However, that is not strictly true. All of the words written are inspired and given to me by God. I see myself simply as a conduit, a messenger and His instrument to be used.
Though I nearly didn’t start writing books at all…
My mother died in 2011 and when we were sorting through her possessions, we found the start of a story that she had been writing. It was her life story. She hadn’t written very much at all, but it was enough to inspire me to do the same, but I didn’t.
Two years later I was still procrastinating about it. So, in 2013 I happened to mention in passing to a friend that I was thinking of writing a book. I suppose deep down I was seeking some encouragement, but that is not what I received. Instead my friend said, “You could never be an Author. An Author writes 3,600 words an hour. You could never do that, so you could never be an Author.”
I thought to myself, “He’s right, I could never be an Author.”
It was like a curse, a mental blockage. I don’t know if that was my friends intention, but that is what happened. Though, something kept gnawing away at me. My mother was inspiring me, fighting back against the curse.
It took another two years, but in 2015, I eventually published my first book, my biography. I called it The Golden Thread, but you will have to read the book to find out why. I had published a book, but still I struggled to call myself an Author and so my writing stopped, with the exception of the odd poem or two.
Then in July 2018 I was sat in a large Christian festival, with thousands of people around me. I had been waiting for a kidney transplant for two and a half years and I was angry with God. In the midst of the crowded room and drowned out by the sound, I cried out to God. “What am I supposed to be doing with my life, I feel rejected, discarded and worthless.”
Then I felt God speak back to me, it was so clear, “Brendan, I haven’t finished with you yet. You still have tools and skills that I want you to use, so use them.” Later on at the same festival someone prayed for me and I had confirmation. God was telling me to write. This was the skill and tools that He wanted me to use.
I returned home determined to write. I had planned to write a teen fiction novel of some sort. First though, I had gathered a small pile of teen fiction books to read. I had the idea that these would inspire me, but as I chose the first book, God spoke to me again. “Brendan, you don’t need to read these books. You have the tools and skills and I want you to use them.”
Then the words of my friend returned to me, “You could never be an Author… have to write 3,600 words an hour… you can’t do that.”
Was that right? Did I believe that? I decided to find out for myself and asked Google. I was rather shocked and surprised to read that most authors will write about 1,000 words a day and Stephen King, an amazing author, will write 2,000. I decided that 1,000 words was easily achievable. I also then realised, all tho
I left school without an English qualification. Unable to string two sentences together. It’s fair to say that I hated writing. I couldn’t see the point. I couldn’t see the beauty. The beauty that lies in words. And the power. Words are so powerful. They can bring about change. They influence. But how did I change?
Ten years after leaving school I read about Jesus. Not for the first time, but the words that I read came alive. This man Jesus felt real. So, I stepped into a relationship with Him. He came into my life and transformed my mind.
Within a year I was writing rap songs, songs with a message. The words would just fall into my head. Sometimes in bed or just walking the dog. Like a blockage had been removed.
The cover of each of my books, tell you that I am the author of the work. However, that is not strictly true. All of the words written are inspired and given to me by God. I see myself simply as a conduit, a messenger and His instrument to be used.
Though I nearly didn’t start writing books at all…
My mother died in 2011 and when we were sorting through her possessions, we found the start of a story that she had been writing. It was her life story. She hadn’t written very much at all, but it was enough to inspire me to do the same, but I didn’t.
Two years later I was still procrastinating about it. So, in 2013 I happened to mention in passing to a friend that I was thinking of writing a book. I suppose deep down I was seeking some encouragement, but that is not what I received. Instead my friend said, “You could never be an Author. An Author writes 3,600 words an hour. You could never do that, so you could never be an Author.”
I thought to myself, “He’s right, I could never be an Author.”
It was like a curse, a mental blockage. I don’t know if that was my friends intention, but that is what happened. Though, something kept gnawing away at me. My mother was inspiring me, fighting back against the curse.
It took another two years, but in 2015, I eventually published my first book, my biography. I called it The Golden Thread, but you will have to read the book to find out why. I had published a book, but still I struggled to call myself an Author and so my writing stopped, with the exception of the odd poem or two.
Then in July 2018 I was sat in a large Christian festival, with thousands of people around me. I had been waiting for a kidney transplant for two and a half years and I was angry with God. In the midst of the crowded room and drowned out by the sound, I cried out to God. “What am I supposed to be doing with my life, I feel rejected, discarded and worthless.”
Then I felt God speak back to me, it was so clear, “Brendan, I haven’t finished with you yet. You still have tools and skills that I want you to use, so use them.” Later on at the same festival someone prayed for me and I had confirmation. God was telling me to write. This was the skill and tools that He wanted me to use.
I returned home determined to write. I had planned to write a teen fiction novel of some sort. First though, I had gathered a small pile of teen fiction books to read. I had the idea that these would inspire me, but as I chose the first book, God spoke to me again. “Brendan, you don’t need to read these books. You have the tools and skills and I want you to use them.”
Then the words of my friend returned to me, “You could never be an Author… have to write 3,600 words an hour… you can’t do that.”
Was that right? Did I believe that? I decided to find out for myself and asked Google. I was rather shocked and surprised to read that most authors will write about 1,000 words a day and Stephen King, an amazing author, will write 2,000. I decided that 1,000 words was easily achievable. I also then realised, all tho
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November 19, 2020
In this assembly of short poems using ordinary, every day words, Brendon has given us a raw collection carrying emotions, thoughts, and reflections on a journey of adventure that scales heights and plumbs depths with a rare honesty and a rap artist’s punch.
There are loves songs, laments, cries of protest. Probing questions designed to make you think. Expressions of grief and delight, soaring hopes, dashing experiences, all grounded in reality, looking at the sometimes cruel parts of life we don’t want to acknowledge.
That’s when you remember the hurting parts of our world and are urged to question direction, purpose, identity and offer a prayer to find ways to make a difference.
Buzzing throughout these words is the light bulb realisation fresh from personal discovery that these words of ours have power, words are power, and they come with purpose. That purpose is reinforced with rhyme and rhythm, leaving a resonance within beating a soldier’s muster to join the fight for life.
That’s because Brendon longs to share what has helped and saved him from destruction and despair, from crippling traps and snares, from lockdown to breakout, to burst through into a love of life, with a gift of hope to enjoy a world of challenge.
With and without doubt, carefully and recklessly explored, Brendon rejoices to chart the many ways relationship with his Creator has made all the difference. The relationship factor with Jesus simmers in each and every one of these poems and
their cutting edge reaches out offering a lifeline, a telescope, a magnifying glass, a dare and most of all a companion’s hand along the way.
Here, let the ordinary become extraordinary and in Brendon’s own words “take time to care…be valued, belong”
Elaine Venning
There are loves songs, laments, cries of protest. Probing questions designed to make you think. Expressions of grief and delight, soaring hopes, dashing experiences, all grounded in reality, looking at the sometimes cruel parts of life we don’t want to acknowledge.
That’s when you remember the hurting parts of our world and are urged to question direction, purpose, identity and offer a prayer to find ways to make a difference.
Buzzing throughout these words is the light bulb realisation fresh from personal discovery that these words of ours have power, words are power, and they come with purpose. That purpose is reinforced with rhyme and rhythm, leaving a resonance within beating a soldier’s muster to join the fight for life.
That’s because Brendon longs to share what has helped and saved him from destruction and despair, from crippling traps and snares, from lockdown to breakout, to burst through into a love of life, with a gift of hope to enjoy a world of challenge.
With and without doubt, carefully and recklessly explored, Brendon rejoices to chart the many ways relationship with his Creator has made all the difference. The relationship factor with Jesus simmers in each and every one of these poems and
their cutting edge reaches out offering a lifeline, a telescope, a magnifying glass, a dare and most of all a companion’s hand along the way.
Here, let the ordinary become extraordinary and in Brendon’s own words “take time to care…be valued, belong”
Elaine Venning
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November 18, 2020It doesn't seem proper, to write my own review. So instead, what I will do is post a review that someone else wrote on another site for this book and she made me cry.
In this assembly of short poems using ordinary, everyday words, Brendon has given us a raw collection carrying emotions, thoughts, and reflections on a journey of adventure that scales heights and plumbs depths with rare honesty and a rap artist’s punch.
There are loves songs, laments, cries of protest. Probing questions designed to make you think. Expressions of grief and delight, soaring hopes, dashing experiences, all grounded in reality, looking at the sometimes cruel parts of life we don’t want to acknowledge.
That’s when you remember the hurting parts of our world and are urged to question direction, purpose, identity and offer a prayer to find ways to make a difference.
Buzzing throughout these words is the light bulb realisation fresh from personal discovery that these words of ours have power, words are power, and they come with purpose. That purpose is reinforced with rhyme and rhythm, leaving a resonance within beating a soldier’s muster to join the fight for life.
That’s because Brendon longs to share what has helped and saved him from destruction and despair, from crippling traps and snares, from lockdown to breakout, to burst through into a love of life, with a gift of hope to enjoy a world of challenge.
With and without doubt, carefully and recklessly explored, Brendon rejoices to chart the many ways relationship with his Creator has made all the difference. The relationship factor with Jesus simmers in each and every one of these poems and
their cutting edge reaches out offering a lifeline, a telescope, a magnifying glass, a dare and most of all a companion’s hand along the way.
Here, let the ordinary become extraordinary and in Brendon’s own words “take time to care…be valued, belong”
Elaine Venning
November 2020
In this assembly of short poems using ordinary, everyday words, Brendon has given us a raw collection carrying emotions, thoughts, and reflections on a journey of adventure that scales heights and plumbs depths with rare honesty and a rap artist’s punch.
There are loves songs, laments, cries of protest. Probing questions designed to make you think. Expressions of grief and delight, soaring hopes, dashing experiences, all grounded in reality, looking at the sometimes cruel parts of life we don’t want to acknowledge.
That’s when you remember the hurting parts of our world and are urged to question direction, purpose, identity and offer a prayer to find ways to make a difference.
Buzzing throughout these words is the light bulb realisation fresh from personal discovery that these words of ours have power, words are power, and they come with purpose. That purpose is reinforced with rhyme and rhythm, leaving a resonance within beating a soldier’s muster to join the fight for life.
That’s because Brendon longs to share what has helped and saved him from destruction and despair, from crippling traps and snares, from lockdown to breakout, to burst through into a love of life, with a gift of hope to enjoy a world of challenge.
With and without doubt, carefully and recklessly explored, Brendon rejoices to chart the many ways relationship with his Creator has made all the difference. The relationship factor with Jesus simmers in each and every one of these poems and
their cutting edge reaches out offering a lifeline, a telescope, a magnifying glass, a dare and most of all a companion’s hand along the way.
Here, let the ordinary become extraordinary and in Brendon’s own words “take time to care…be valued, belong”
Elaine Venning
November 2020
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