Popular Posts

  • Richter (1915 - 1997) at the Barbican
    O give us everything you have And make the hall with music ring, Make piers and roof and rafters sing, Sviatoslav, Sviatoslav! There is...
  • (no title)
  • (no title)
    On Saturday, 12th June 2010, we joined eight other Christians for a prayer walk at Spurn Point.   The day was fine although at the beginning...
  • Yan, Tan, Tethera
    Yan, Tan, Tethera… the shepherd counts his sheep; I wonder, as he counts them, does he ever fall asleep? The woolly flock, in rank and fil...
  • Wasps that sting
    "Do they have a purpose that helps the world go round?" I wonder, as I dodge the buzzing yellow menace. His football coloured th...
  • Bubbles
    Bubbles grow on spume topped waves, Crashing down towards the beach below, Or, blown by bubble-gum chewing kids Splattering their cheeks ...
  • Warrior's memories
    A warrior’s memories I wept for hell, I wept for guns, I wept for men, For mud and sweat, for pain and blood I wept. I ran and shot and fell...
  • The Prison Prayer Group
    Not monks, but monk-like in austerity And fast enclosed within these fearful walls, They pray with fervoured sprirituality, Seeking God‘s...
  • The head in the window
    I sat in the car whilst it sat in the window And stared down at us in the street Its glassy eyed look reflected the sun's glow Throug...
  • Lament for a dead hedgehog
    The staring eyes of night in fast succession  Reach through the threads of heaven, where they fall,  Pearling the glass and darkly metalle...