September 2023 – Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings

Sometimes!

Today I pulled from my bookshelf a book I bought back in 2000 but have opened it only a few times – The Nation’s Favourite Twentieth Century Poems edited by Griff Rhys Jones and published by the BBC. For sure it is an interesting collection. The poem “Sometimes” caught my eye as I turned theContinue reading “Sometimes!”

“They Are Building a Hospital.”

I have just returned from a road trip to both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. This was a first visit to these parks and it can be summed up in one word – Majestic! While driving I caught up on some podcasts. Listening to Padraig O Tuama (Irish poet and theologian) is always charmingContinue reading ““They Are Building a Hospital.””

Susurration

This the last of a series of three poems from John Betjeman. These past few days I have enjoyed returning to his Collected Poems. For those who enjoy rhyming couplets it doesn’t get any better than Betjeman’s poem A Bay in Anglesey. The photo above is of Cable Bay, Porth Castell in Anglesey, but IContinue reading “Susurration”

Eternity contained in Time and coloured glass.

As promised I offer you another Betjeman poem. In his poem Sunday Morning, King’s Cambridge. Betjeman captures in words the powerful beauty of both Anglican worship and Anglican church architecture. This poem is in sharp contrast to Philip Larkin’s poem Church Going and if you take time the following link is to Larkin reading hisContinue reading “Eternity contained in Time and coloured glass.”