Diary of a Church MouseHere among long-discarded cassocks,Damp stools, and half-split open hassocks,Here where the Vicar never looksI nibble through old service books.Lean and alone I spend my daysBehind this Church of England baize.I share my dark forgotten roomWith two oil-lamps and half a broom.The cleaner never bothers me,So here I eat my frugal tea.MyContinue reading ““The good church mouse””
Tag Archives: John Betjeman
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.”
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 