Professor Joseph S. Spence Sr. created God's Dynamic Steps poetry form on October 3, 2007, while studying English literature, creative writing, poetry, and mythology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. It is an uplifting poem of grace elevating the persona and aura of a person to reach higher heights in God's grace. One must visualize elevating and moving upward and not downward. The concept is similar to climbing Jacob's Ladder to reach heaven with acts of graciousness and noble deeds pleasing to God. In essence, it represents elevating thoughts of oneself, going up a set of stairs or a ladder to reach higher levels of God's inspirational grace.
The poem begins with a title consisting of five syllables. For example, 'Reaching God Through Steps.' This title is perfect and is illustrated below. The foundation of the poem is the principle of five. Each line of the poem has five syllables moving up with a rhyming sequence. There is a total of five steps moving upward. The poem ends on the fifth step with the rhyming sequence. This final step of five syllables represents reaching a plateau of God's graciousness.
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