It's Time
From the Writer’s Almanac today. This is one for all the host of minor characters out there. Barack may have…
Category: Poetry (page 2)
A Birthday Present
About 10 days ago, just before he left for a really tough work trip to Jamaica (!) I met my…
Chris Hoy, World Champion – a poem to celebrate
I’ve just watched Chris Hoy win the World Championship Sprint title at the Manchester Velodrome. It was a wonderful race.…
Patrick Kavanagh and the Epic in the Ordinary
My wife surprised me yesterday with an anthology of poetry called Lifelines. We have all of the volumes in this…
the crookedshore, the burning church and Rumi
Two encounters brought me some measure of joy recently. Whilst walking the dog we came up from the muddy track…
A Poem to Mess with your Head
Received this poem from The Writer’s Almanac the other day. Can’t shake it. The God Who Loves You It must…
Christmas Poem
Her Amazement at her Only Child Light piercing, gradually, everyday events;a woman’s eyes, handsused to them since childhood.Then brightness flared,…
Christmas Day
There is a daywhen the road neithercomes nor goes, and the wayis not a way but a place.Wendell Berry For…
A Christmas Eve Poem from Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was troubled by the fact that he didn’t, or couldn’t, believe in Jesus. This beautiful Christmas Eve poem…
Christmas Eve
Housewarming In my dream I was the first to arriveat the old home from the church. Wind and night had…