Post No. 095: Dedicated To The Ones I Love, Part 14 — That Was Amazing, "Grace!"

(Screenshot by Paul Whiting)

That Was Amazing, "Grace!"
(An Ode to Leann Rimes Rendition of "Amazing Grace")
[An "Amazing Grace" poem poetic adaptation]

That was amazing, "Grace!" How sweet it
sounded and blessed my restlessness with
just being; I once was 'tossed,' but now I'm
'grounded' by your video that I'm seeing!

'Twas "Grace" who caught my heart in
tears; and "Grace" my heart did 'wring.'
And how glorious did that church
appear as a really great place to sing!

Though many strangers—who have recoiled
and stared—say, "y'all are so ready to be done."
'Tis "Grace" who brought us those musical bars
and "Grace" who harmonized as "The One!"

When we have cared a thousand ways, with
The Passion Of The Son, we have no less
days to share God's Praise—especially with
someone who could really use some!

That was amazing, "Grace!" How sweet it
sounded and blessed my 'binding' with
your 'freeing.' I once felt 'bossed,' but now I'm
astounded with just how 'peaceful' is my being!

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"

My Poetic Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem was inspired by Leann Rimes' a cappella cover of the hymn "Amazing Grace." (Please see the hyperlink below for the video.)

Thus, this poem is a poetic adaptation of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which was written as a poem by John Newton and joined with the hymn "New Britain," as the melody most currently associated with the hymn. And it is one of two adaptations that I have written, with the other poem being inspired by a chat conversation that I had with 'zendawg23,' on gay.com, which is published on this blog. (Please see "Amazing Grace-Style Poem" in labels for the poem.)

Plus, when I refer to "The One," I am referring to The First Being, or The First Female, who is Karma! And I truly believe that literally every soul is a God and/or a Goddess as The One!

And The One is the First Being who Created Physics through Mathematics and who Created the Process Of Evolution through Science, by which we are all here in a Field Of Gravity experiencing our individual lives as Souls, so that we may experience Amazing Grace...

Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how one line of this poem was written when I realized that I should remove the metaphorical comparison to "blindness," since it is disrespectful toward those who are blind. So, I wanted to show you how this particular line used to be written, before I revised it as above.

And it used to be written like this:

...How sweet it
sounded and blessed my "blindness" with
your "seeing."

Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.

And this poem was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."

This poem was poetically adapted in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

Watch "LeAnn Rimes - Amazing Grace (Acapella)" on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/l3mbigRjqNk

The reason that there is a strike through on the YouTube video hyperlink above is due to the following fact: "This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated." Therefore, I did a search on YouTube for this same video and found two more hyperlinks, which can be seen below:

Watch "LeAnn Rimes - Amazing Grace (Acapella - Legendado)" on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/ZwGmK4ze-5M?si=O6m4d21_G2iPMzwr

Watch "Amazing Grace - LeAnn Rimes" on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/8dmMm6upB5c?si=KncpWZMK-AMtwjk1

This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 095 was edited on July 12th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 024: For 'zendawg23' with whom I chatted online and he inspired me!

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I Am The Sound
[An "Amazing Grace" poem poetic adaptation]

Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saved a soul like me. I once
cried, "lost," but now I call "found."
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"

'Twas myself who taught my heart to
fear—and myself my fears relieved.
How precious did I finally appear
the minute I first believed!

Through many pleasures, joys
and scares, I have already come.
'Tis myself who took me out this far
and I will bring myself home!

When I have been there a zillion
years, bright shining as The Son,
I have no less days to be God's Praise
than when I had first begun!

Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saves a soul like me. I once
cried "lost," but now I cry "found,"
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"

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My Poetic Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: To be perfectly honest, I do not remember exactly how I was inspired—after chatting online with someone called "zendawg23" (on the now defunct gay.com chat site)—to do a poetic adaptation of John Newton's famous poem "Amazing Grace." I do know that I was trying to convey the idea that we all have the power to 'make ill,' or to 'make well,' our own souls, because I truly do believe that "We Are All A Part Of God!"

Thus, this poem is a poetic adaptation of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which was originally written as a poem by John Newton and joined with the hymn "New Britain," as the melody most currently associated with the hymn. And it is one of two adaptations that I have written of John Newton's poem-turned-into-a-hymn with the other poem being inspired by Leann Rimes' a cappella cover of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which is published on this blog. (Please see "Amazing Grace-Style Poem" in labels for the poem.)

Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how one line of this poem was written when I realized that I should remove the metaphorical comparison to "blindness," since it is disrespectful toward those who are blind. So, I wanted to show you how this particular line used to be written, before I revised it as above.

And it used to be written like this:

...claimed I was "blind," but now "I see!"

Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was poetically adapted in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com

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This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 024 was edited on April 26th, 2026.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]