How We All Must Start

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #7) "Allow the little children To come," he said Though others Try to stymie this Burnt out Quite exhausted Yet love kept rising In his heart To bless all little ones - How we all must start. ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes from …

Always Healing

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #6) Healing Always healing And blessing Jesus Teach us to be kind Heart, body, spirit, mind. ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes from the life of Christ depicted in the Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. Previous poems appear under today's window image... 1. Spirit …

Fill Your Life

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #5) A meeting At a well She could tell A few stories But didn't need to He knew them all And that real love Would rise for ever And fill her life So well. ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes from the life of …

The Heavens Open

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #4) Sometimes the heavens open And there is love Not rain Though water brings life They say And the voice Which names us beloved Will say these words Of blessing Again, and again, And again. ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes from the life …

So Much Is Beyond

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #3) When kings Or mystics arrive You know It must be God They blamed the star So far From your everyday Motherly concerns Except that life Only ever Partly Belongs to us So much is beyond Mysterious. ~ ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes …

Meeting God

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #2) ~ Two women greet Their bodies carry suns ~ Each will meet God ~ In different forms Of sacrifice and joy ~ And yet for now They can rejoice ~ Each will bring to birth A blessed boy. ~ ~ This is the next in a cycle of poems inspired …

Spirit Flies

(Always Beyond Defeat cycle #1) ~ Spirit flies Into her womb On a ray Of light And angel says All will be right Even blessing Beyond the tomb. ~ This is the first in a cycle of poems inspired by scenes from the life of Christ depicted in the Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. ~