Category Archives: poetry

The question of Lazarus

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Tell me, mortal,
can these dry bones live?”
Lazarus, coughing and blinking
replies, or would
if breath permits, Continue reading →

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Chasing clouds

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

Not as children naming
animals in a fluffy sky; nor yet
storm chasers, seeking secrets
funnelled from heaven to earth; more
refugees from understanding,
lost in bewilderment, following
clouds across the wilderness
desert dry-mouthed – Continue reading →

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Naming the idols

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

Some are easy to spot, sporting colourful plumage;

they make fast promises they cannot keep. Continue reading →

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Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

Happy valentine’s day; no matter your circumstance today, you are beloved, more than words can say. In the meantime, my valentine said I could share this with you: The undertow sucks sand from underfoot, but I stand firm. Wild horses … Continue reading →

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Kittens

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

There is a lot going on in the world, in the country, in our communities and families.
Sometimes, the best antidote to overwhelm is to give in to [ahem – kittens] the overwhelming, particular, peculiar love of God. Continue reading →

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Light speaks

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

light whispers, flushed and fevered,
smouldering out of sight to
the point of conflagration. Continue reading →

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Star of Bethlehem

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Rosalind C Hughes

I scour the skies to find The light shines in the darkness a false star rising and the darkness did not overcome it haloed with fire power When they saw that the star had stopped (not everything that wears (he … Continue reading →

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Bethlehem

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

In the ancient city, haunted by memories of feast and famine, exile and exodus, the earth itself makes room, Creation shifting and splitting as angels sing Glory out of cold stars shining with old light. Out of the holy darkness, … Continue reading →

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I’ll eat my words

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Today, instead of writing I consumed words like cereal, inhaling through my ears the opinions of the radio, rolling words of fiction between my teeth to see if I could taste the lie, drowning D. H. Lawrence in the bath.

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To move mountains

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

When she was old and fading –
her gray hair paling,
her skin thinning and softening –
my grandmother painted watercolours. Continue reading →

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