The bag was just sitting in the room, a leftover from a granddaughter’s birthday event, and there staring at me were words I had learned in High School some 50 + years ago! Words which were first written close to 250 years ago! Here they appear as a marketing ploy for handmade soap. At leastContinue reading “Poetry pops up in strange places!”
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Upon Westminster Bridge
For almost everyone who visits London, the sight of Westminster Bridge, the river Thames, and the London skyline create a wonderful and impressionable memory. This was also true for William Wordsworth, some 220 years ago. His poem describes London and the river Thames, in the early morning. Inspiration for the poem was provided by a journeyContinue reading “Upon Westminster Bridge”
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!”
Happy New Year!
The year has started and much like the one we have just left behind, we continue to have the same struggles and opportunities. Today I wish to share two very short poems from Amanda Gorman, a poet who fills us all with hope and hopefulness. Her words are as eloquent and as graceful as theContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Inside the Miracle!
“Rise Up,” a stained glass window bank by Cbabi Bayoc at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion in University City, Missouri. Photo source: Episcopal Church of the Holy Communio In this the second week of Advent, we move ever closer to the celebration of Christmas and the retelling of the story of Christ’s birth.Continue reading “Inside the Miracle!”
Everything is going to be alright!
This month marks two years since the death of Northern Irish poet, Derek Mahon. Although his life of poetry is well celebrated I have not really come across his writing and for that I am deeply disappointed. Therefore, in the coming months I am looking forward to reading and studying his poetry which spans soContinue reading “Everything is going to be alright!”
Sometimes!
We often carry in our hearts and souls lots of anxiety for the plight of our world, our cities, our neighborhoods. We fret over how scarce peace is, we worry about the “what ifs” so today take a short break and allow Sheenagh Pugh’s poem Sometimes to offer some rescue. I encourage you to takeContinue reading “Sometimes!”
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 