A Bard’s Prayer
Let me catch the flame, Golden, glittering, glaring, So my fingers may glow as I hold the pen. Let me taste the wine, Sweet, smooth, sumptuous, So my speech may be seasoned when I tell…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
"Gentleman Johnny:" The Life and Times of General John Burgoyne
The Right Honorable General John Burgoyne, General in the British Army and MP for Preston, is probably most famous for commanding the losing Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, during the American War…
An English Jacobite: James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and the '15 Rising
“Circumstances unhappily concurred to draw [Derwentwater] into this snare, to his destruction, and the utter ruination of the most flourishing family in that part of the country”. So said Robert Patten, an Anglican clergyman who…
Cap O’ Rushes: An Old English Fairy Tale in Verse
Once there lived a very rich manWho three daughters did haveHe thought to ask them one fine dayHow each did love him soTo see how fond each daughter wasHe questioned them thorough“How much do you…
Connecting with a Tree
Breathe out through the mouthPush from the stomachThen the chestRoll the shoulder inPush out the breathPush it awayBreathe in slowly through the noseFeel it pass the throatFill the chestArch your back to fill in every…
Dreams of Fairfield Creek: A Memoir of a Maryland Childhood
In Maryland there’s a suburban neighborhood with a street on it named Fairfield. That’s where I grew up, in 727. It’s a rancher style house made of pink brick, with dark blue shutters on the…
Meditation on the Longing for Death
Each night I sleep, my body to restore,Yet morning rise, as weary as before.The day renewed, such newness life has not:Each day is with the same despondence fraught. Down on my knees I pray my…
Your Voice
I thought I heard a whisper in the wind,Your voice calling – “Come to me again.”“My beautiful child” –you saidMy thirsting soul, my hungry heart you fed.I walked a path to Calvary Hill,You hung from…
Biographies of the Inklings
Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1911 – 1981) was born in New Zealand. He studied at Auckland University before getting a scholarship to Oxford University. Apparently he was often forgetful and considered himself lucky to have…
On Men’s Road: A Unicorn’s Lament
Prologue: The Silver Spiral Glowing, luminous in the night,White as snow, pale as moonlight.Standing there, head held high,Swift of foot and dark of eye.Wells of mystery, can you seeWhat this mythic beast may be?Gentle as…