January 2024 – Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings

“A blitz of a boy…”

From the book of poems The Rattle Bag, edited by poets Heaney and Hughes we find Charles Causley’s poem Timothy Winters. Written in the early 1950s the poem is a protest to the post WWII failure of the Welfare State to care for the poor and less fortunate. It begs us to pay attention and toContinue reading ““A blitz of a boy…””

maggie and milly, and molly and may

maggie and milly and molly and may maggie and milly and molly and maywent down to the beach(to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sangso sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thingwhich raced sideways whileContinue reading “maggie and milly, and molly and may”

Snowy, snowy, night!

As I write this blog snow is forecast to fall later this evening and in the overnight hours. Although snow brings with it some hard shoveling work, yet as it falls it creates much beauty as the landscape is painted white. Even every house in the street looks the same and every yard or gardenContinue reading “Snowy, snowy, night!”

92 Counties!

I know you were not expecting this but to be honest neither was I. As I turned through the pages of Carol Ann Duffy’s Collected poems I found her poem Counties amusing. Now to further complicate things I will introduce you to Munro-Bagging – climbing hills in Scotland over 3000ft. – named after Sir Hugh MunroContinue reading “92 Counties!”