Spirit’s Relief

Lazarus Rising from the gave Was enough to save My soul Christ’s words The whole Meaning Of my new belief Which came Like birth again And spirit’s Relief. The Raising of Lazarus by Sebastian del Piombo

Creation Here Thrives

Traherne Windows Cycle #3 Creation here thrives - The swifts The beetle, so magnificent The moths The humble ant - Each speaks Their word from God Which is alive. This is the next poem in the Traherne Windows Cycle, which was inspired by stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral by Tom Denny, celebrating the writings …

Receive in Wonder

Traherne Windows Cycle #2 Receive in wonder Like a child The glistening colours Of creation Dancing on the cobblestones Of your imagination. ~ This is the next poem in the Traherne Windows Cycle, which was inspired by stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral by Tom Denny, celebrating the writings and life of Thomas Traherne the …

My Silent Annunciation

There was no special star Arising at my birth ~ No Magi travelled From afar ~ No angel made A revelation ~ And yet that time’s Still sacred - ~ My life’s unique And only blessed ~ Silent Annunciation. ~ Annunciation, Fra Angelico

Discovering True Life in Appreciation

As if there were No connections . I shrivelled And died . To a careless world As a way of staying alive . Now I know more Of creation . I seek the art To thrive . In God In love . Discovering True life . In Appreciation. .

Life Begins

Life begins In God . In the power Of creativity . In the endless Love of infinity . In the growth Of our complexity . All life Begins in God. .

Raise the Lazarus in Me

There I saw death And Christ ~ Weeping Ready to raise ~ The Lazarus in me To a new life ~ In God Miraculously. ~ The Raising of Lazarus, del Piombo

Touch of Grace

Blessed And favoured ~ She was To be a mother ~ Chosen In this time and space ~ And the angel spoke And she knew ~ It could only be A touch of grace. ~

The Forces of the Universe

. Nothing between the trees and the far star . So open to the forces of the universe . And I share Their vulnerability. . Van Gogh, 'The Starry Night'

Gendered Gloriously

~ Male And female . Persons Gendered by nature . Destined for A glorious present . And an eternal Destiny. . Leonardo da Vinci, 'Vitruvian Man'