Thanks for visiting my "Poetry Page".  I am the wife of the Rector at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Ballard, WA, John Roddam.  We have been serving at St Luke's since November of 2000.
 
I began writing these poems when John and I became "homeless in Seattle". Really!  The house we had been renting sold suddenly, and we could not find another place for 2 1/2 months.  So we house-sat for friends who were going on vacation, and I discovered www.poetry.com on the web!
 
I began playing with the Haiku and Poetry in Motion "contests".  It was fun thinking of a creative ways to describe pictures in 3 lines, or come up with an interesting thought with only 20 "pieces" of words (check it out!!).  But what was really amazing was how the Lord began to use these poems to show me some of the things that were "lurking in the depths".  Things that I was trying to work out in my walk with Him as He did NOT meet my expectations in "my time of need".  Instead of giving me the easy answers, He has been teaching me "His ways" - like Moses knew - not just His deeds like the Israelites saw.
 
As you visit this page, my prayer is that you may be blessed and maybe even challenged to think a little differently or see things in a new way.  These are not all "heavy, deep and profound" poems :) but they are meaningful to me, and I hope fun to read.
 
May you know the joy of the one who stepped into His own creation to save us, and may it be your strength in the journey ahead of you!

Peace and Love,
Holly M. <><

I would love to get feedback to anything on this page. Please email me at

hollyroddam@hotmail.com.