Advent meditation

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

Advent poems 23: BC – AD, by U A Fanthorpe

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

An Angel comes to you … More

Here is my Christmas poem for 2014. In this anniversary year of the First World War, it commemorates the unofficial … More

Herod With Wikileaks in the headlines you could say the timing was perfect. Three Iraqi profs … More

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