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Category: poetry

What holds the swifts

The type of bright sunshine which gives grass an extra sort of lurid dimensionality is the same sort of sunshine … More

Faith, joy, sorrow, swifts

they didn’t tell me about the grey

Bad poetry seems to be the order of the week friends (sorry). A continuing theme of the last few years … More

belief, change, doubt, grief, loss, unbelief, uncertainty

wisdom + worship

Recognition of worthiness unites wisdom and worship. This past week I’ve been thinking about this connection, and about holding together … More

poetry, Wisdom, worship

Poem: Song for a Winter Birth

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent poem, christmas poem, expectancy, incarnation, incarnation poem, nativity, nativity poem, poem, poetry commentary, winter, winter poem

Poem: Blackbird in Fulham

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent, awaiting, dawning, expectancy, hope, John the Baptist, light, poem, poetry, winter

A Welcomer of New-Born Days

I had quince jelly on toast today 

2017, creation, glory, grateful, gratitude, nature, personal, silence, summer, thankful, thankfulness, thoughts, wonder

Grenfell 14/06/2017

The fire that killed 79 over a month ago now is still on my mind.

2017, brokenness, death, death toll, disaster, fire, grenfell, London, poor, reflections, summer, tragedy

Mind Tug

Thoughts+musings on a Sunday afternoon.

2017, memories, mind tug, nostalgia, original poetry, permanence, personal, poem, poetry, prose, reflection, reflections, thoughts, winter

Writing 5 minutes before a lecture

Stream-of-consciousness from 2.55pm today.

1 Corinthians, 2016, autumn, busy, permanence, personal, poem, poetry, prose, reflections, rest, thoughts, today

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