What is Death?
What is Death? But what is death, Except the failing of our breath And quittance of this troubled world?. A final end?. Is death a hope To loose our mortal bonds and find Release from imperfection, pain And human grief?. […]
Holy Land
Holy Land Is this the stable crib in which was laid The new-born Christ?. And was it here they came, Those Ancient seers, who travelled far to meet And honour Him with presents rich and rare?. At this rude hut did […]
Marie
Marie Far off, upon the mountain-tops, I saw A mighty host, in martial lines arrayed, Descending to the luscious plains below. My breastplate I assumed, took up my sword, And hurried out to meet the threatening throng. A short way off, I stopped and asked their Chief Why they had entered […]
Cyprus (1956-1976)
Cyprus (1956-1976) Silver-eyedOlympusstares solemnly At his quarrelsome, callow sons, who rush Ceaselessly from one rash confrontation To another with their island brothers. “When will […]
Sleep
Sleep Come, gentle Sleep, and kiss my fevered brow. Empty my mind of its tempestuous thoughts. Then, in the comfort of your silent courts Of calm contentment where cool breezes blow, Cradle me closely in your loving arms. […]
We Remember
We Remember Our tiny isle is closely wrapped In the broad mantle of the sea; Our knotted shores are overlapped By billows heaving endlessly. Sometimes, when huge storm-breakers, capped With foaming curling crests, rear high And menacing about us – chapped By […]
Mysterious Sea
Mysterious Sea Concealing waters – rolling dark and deep In cloudy grandeur round tidelines and clifts – Opaque as midnight over brumous strands; What mysteries and wonders lie asleep Beneath your blanket, which forever lifts And falls above their darkling […]
Pope John-Paul II
Pope John-Paul II (1920-2005) (Adapted from: Neknus, Canto LIII) The human spirit will accept defeat By nothing in creation which it knows. Battered it may be; brought down to its knees By the gross blows of circumstantial fate; Yet still undaunted […]
Meteors
Meteors Some early deaths, (like meteors that die), Leave vacant spaces in the universe Where once their beauties charmed the viewer’s eye. No kinds of consolation can reverse The situation and bring back to light Their loveliness. […]
The Space Between
The Space Between We’d marvel should it prove some mind devised Planets, bright stars and complex galaxies: Placing them in relationships so fine That they, (from ancient times through to this day), Stayed recognisable upon the skies As astrological phenomena Balanced amidst unstable cosmic flux. Nor […]