During December 2019 I blogged a series of poems to celebrate the season of Advent.
Some of these were about the nativity story, but most were only tangentially related.
There are a range of poets represented, from household names like Wisława Szymborska, Lucille Clifton and Maya Angelou to perhaps less well known poets like Joseph Ceravolo.
You can now find the whole series here.
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I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. My most recent books are Deck Shoes (Impress Books, 2019), a book of prose memoir and criticism, and The Afterlife (Worple Press, 2019). In 2023 I will publish The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, with Blue Diode Press. My current research project, with Sue Dymoke from Nottingham Trent University and funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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Anthony, this post is such a beautiful gift. Thank you. I especially connected with the Borges poem and with your own, “Mary.” Beautiful work. Have a lovely holiday.
Molly in Oregon
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Thank you for saying so, Molly. Wishing you joy and peace, Anthony
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Great post. Here’s one for the post-Advent list from Tina Parker.
RAISING JESUS by Tina Parker
did you pin his arms
and hold him down
Mary did you smack
his legs did he ever
make you cry Mary
did you take a deep breath
count to ten Mary
I bet you just held
‘it in didn’t you Mary
did you hear him say mama
again and cringe and sigh
were you relieved when
it was a temple day Mary
did you dream those dreams
Mary where you see him
hurt or worse
did you wake in prayer
Mary did you ask God
to let you die first
http://www.tina-parker.com
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Brilliant. Thank you so much, Julian.
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