The soil was strewn with gold, red, and brown leaves and a light crisp autumn breeze gently stirred the air as the horses entered the tree-lined forest avenue. Somewhere up ahead was the excitement, joy,…
An losÍc saileach uasal sruthán, fid deimin na nualan;Beich na bèith an deol,Miam caiach in cró caim. The noble willow burn not, a tree sacred to poems;Within his bloom bees are drinking,all love the…
“It was very like living permanently in a large railway station” ~ C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy We cannot volunteer in prison now.The grids and grills that shut the prisoners in,now serve to shut most…
A furore virus coronam libera nos, Domine The holy water fonts have been withdrawn,and in their places bottles of Purell.Blessing ourselves with scented alcohol,to remind us of baptismal promises. For now, we must not shake…
The carriage clattered over the dirt road, taking them nearer to their destination. Erik attempted to get Nico to practice smiling, as he would be among the rich partygoers, a fact that only seemed to…
I awoke to find myself lying in a cot in some sort of room, surrounded by mountains and mountains of books. Not the kind that people read on their holo-screens, but actual books made from…
The poem celebrates the alliterative revival inspired by Lewis and Tolkien. Few were the faithful fearless enoughTo tackle the task, tales unfoldingWith letters linked in lays of gloryAs Caedmon the…
May I standAs an island on the marshAs a hill on the plainAs a tree on the fairy hillAs a star in the moon’s waningAs a still sword in the handAs a child beloved…
I have just read through the Gospel of Mark for my Lenten preparation, and the starkness of it is really quite haunting, and sometimes jarring. I feel like it’s the gospel where Jesus comes across…
No excuses, of course: we must get dressedIf death itself appears at the front doorWe would not want to be caught in our ‘jammiesOr in surrender flaked upon the couch We will wake up to…
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