Some of us don’t fit where the fire started.
These are the ones who asked too much, loved too widely, or refused to bow to the easy certainties meant to keep the world tidy and people powerless. Across history and faith, they’ve been labeled heretic, nuisance, troublemaker, threat. Their questions burned hotter than the doctrines meant to tame them.
Scorched Strays is a collection for them — and for anyone who has felt the heat of judgment for daring to think, to wonder, to believe differently. Each poem is an acrostic portrait: of condemned saints, silenced voices, misread mystics, wounded theologians, and the strange grace that survives in the ashes.
Here, the scorched do not disappear.
They stand, spark, and speak.
Welcome to the fire that burns but never consumes.
🔥The Series🔥
New ones drop every Sunday.
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Salvation Don’t Slither
The poem by Tristan Robert Lange critiques the corruption in spiritual authority, emphasizing that true humility should replace power and control. It asserts that salvation originates from love rather than clerical institutions. The work reflects a faith shaped by confinement and encourages a deeper understanding of divine grace outside dogma.
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Torquemada’s Trepidation
This poem by Tristan Robert Lange critiques the Church’s historical silencing of visionary women and the divine feminine, contrasting it with patriarchal corruption and the figure of Jesus. Through vivid imagery and theological themes, it encourages a pursuit of truth against fear-driven faith, highlighting the enduring strength of feminine spirituality.
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A Brand Picked from the Fire
The poem, part of Tristan Robert Lange’s “Scorched Strays” series, reflects on themes of vitality, grace, and salvation, emphasizing that everyone, including the ostracized, is deserving of divine love. It draws inspiration from John Wesley’s life, highlighting the rejection faced by those who embrace inclusivity beyond institutional confines.
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Burned for a Better God
The poem by Tristan Robert Lange explores the tension between love and rigid theological doctrines, highlighting Jesus’ defiance of established norms. It addresses the marginalization faced by those advocating for a broader understanding of God’s grace, particularly in the context of Arminius’ beliefs. The work reflects a struggle against orthodox constraints.
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shape of a prayer
Inversion reveals what prayer hides — an upside-down flame, a cross of shadow, and a moment where faith bends into something deeper, stranger, and more honest.
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Three-in-One Times the Effigy
An acrostic blaze from the Scorched Strays series — a poetic reckoning with faith, fear, and the cost of questioning. Scholars Make for Good Witches confronts how the Church once burned its own thinkers, mistaking conviction for heresy and zeal for truth.
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Silenced; Yet, All Shall Be Well
Tristan Robert Lange’s Silenced; Yet, All Shall Be Well burns with quiet defiance—a Scorched Sunday acrostic for those condemned for loving rightly. It mourns what’s lost when religion silences compassion, yet insists that love endures, unextinguished, even by fire.
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Fully Forsaken, Not So Divine
The poem by Tristan Robert Lange reflects on the conflict between faith and heresy, emphasizing the dangers of zealotry and ignorance. It explores the fear of condemning truth in the name of conviction, highlighting the struggle of those branded as heretics. This work is part of the Scorched Strays series.
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Theotokos’s Trap
The poem by Tristan Robert Lange explores the complexities of faith, addressing the consequences of questioning sacred beliefs. A part of an ongoing series “Scorched Strays” it reflects on the tension between certainty and mystery in doctrine, illustrating how challenging established norms can lead to significant turmoil and rejection within religious contexts.
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