Advent meditation 3

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

Advent meditation 2

One of the things I have learned about myself in the last year or so is that I can sometimes … More

I like to think of myself as a pretty consistent person. I look askance with a certain smugness at the … More

During December 2019 I blogged a series of poems to celebrate the season of Advent. Some of these were about … More

Fourth Sunday in Advent This was another good week. Because it had rest in it. Because I re-read Anne Lamott’s … More

Introducing Seeds of Hope, the second anthology of poems, prayers, reflections and provocations from the human rights organisation Amos Trust. … More

Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from … More

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento … More

Mary At first a fluttering then a kick, his fist pummelling my rib cage when I knelt to pray. They … More

BC – AD This was the moment when BeforeTurned into After, and the future’sUninvented timekeepers presented arms. This was the … More

December Il va neiger dans quelques jours Francis Jammes The giant Norway spruce from Podunk, its lower branches bound, this … More

Supper Never before has she danced so well. Now she stands before him, her feet bare, Anklets lightly … More

Humankind We carry the trust. It was not imposed on us, nor are we heedless. Sometimes the stillness stands in … More

Ways of Rebelling Who needs to be at peace in the world? It helps to be between wars, to … More

Ultramarine for Philip Archer Looking for the perfect blue, water to swim in, not through, to fill his … More

the prophet came to me with a poor man’s tale of his one ewe lamb sworn to him … More

There was winter’s cold and moisture in the bedclothes, in the walls and floor, our bodies tired from a … More

The Poet Wearies I’ve had it with being Your herald.Everybody has a voice,why am I the one who has to … More