Category Archives: poetry

Good

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Brooding over the nascent creation; the divine nesting instinct restrained, barely distressing the surface, featherlight, lest its exquisite potential be crushed by the weight of glory.

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Creation

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

He was silent for the longest time (it felt like an eternity), brooding over the dark waters as though through glass, strangely untouched by the storm, unmoved by the violence of the deep as it wrestled life to the surface, … Continue reading →

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Spring cleaning

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

I threw away the old, stale curry leaves, the old, stale bread. I threw away the old, stale news- papers half unread. I threw away old, empty bottles, their promises unslaked. I threw away some old, empty dreams that were … Continue reading →

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Beyond silence

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Straining to hear the voice of God over the hum of life; the drone & drum of the washing machine. Beyond the doors, a bird solicits sex; behind the brain, electric chatter & whine; the idea of silence unthinkable  since … Continue reading →

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Suffer the children 

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

And will their dry bones live? Continue reading →

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It is not enough

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

It is not enough for him to die. It is not enough for him to offer up his pain, to offer us his wincing scars: touch my hand; my open, scored side; trace the welts and weals of the thorns … Continue reading →

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Learning to pray

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

They didn’t tell us why … Continue reading →

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Good Friday: his own people

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

At the beginning of the Gospel according to John, we read that, He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and … Continue reading →

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Maundy Thursday: the mother of all mercy

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

What should Jesus have done about Judas? In a way, Thursday was the final chance. There is a pipeline from here to the tomb. Once Judas has left the table, Jesus knows that his fate is sealed. Yet earlier in … Continue reading →

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Holy Week

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Seven days. Seven shades of suffering silence. Seven last words: thirst, famine, fever, finality, yet, too, there is forgiveness, family, a future spit from split lips, a dry tongue still willing to kiss the face of God

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