The Circle

Outside Of the circle . Much that seems Of power . Or of Significance . Is as futile As sand . Blown haphazardly By the wind. . from a sequence inspired by "The Icon of the Holy Trinity", Andrei Rublev - and by Henri Nouwen's commentary on the icon in his book "Behold the Beauty …

We Can Only Wonder

. A God who came a man a virgin maid, a mother We reason all we can tell one thing or another . A God but he can die dead man, and can he live? How can we make reply? How can we answer give? . Yet Truth itself does teach it though man's mind …

The Mystery, The Gift

~ The revelation That God is One and Three ~ The mystery The gift ~ The blessing Of The Trinity. ~

The Mystery

~ In the beginning Was the mystery ~ Behind the word Trinity ~ God infinite For all eternity. ~

So Intimately Connected

~ There are many time When I cannot pray ~ When I am too tired Too restless ~ Too exhausted Too depressed ~ But I look At these images ~ So intimately connected In love. ~ Inspired by words from 'Behold the Beauty of the Lord' by Henri Nouwen ~

Icon (3)

. The erosions of time drip like tears . The past barely comes down to us at all but is always being worn away before our eyes . Worshippers have travelled and prayed for centuries . Through this image  lives have been transformed . So the boy who stares out so boldly is not worn …

Ikon (2)

. The son of a virgin . Posthumously crowned . Must journey on defenceless . And be slain . Only then, majestically rising, . Will his kingdom come. . This poem was inspired by this - one of the oldest surviving icons

Winged with Unknown Grace

~ The faces of the angels . Reflect the goldenness of space . The loving of their looking . Is winged with unknown grace. ~

For the Transformation of the World

 ~ She is at the centre Of all ~  While others ride To a star’s bright light ~  And evil is enacted Everywhere ~  And how Would she know ~  That this baby Would be ~  For the transformation Of the world? ~ Inspired by https://russianicons.wordpress.com/2018/11/24/an-expanded-nativity-icon/

The Angel Arrives

. The angel arrives in colourful robes .  And Mary Draws back . She had never Conceived . That it might be her Who would frame . The defining icon Of God.  . Duccio, The Annunciation