Category Archives: poetry

Impetuous

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

For two pins, I’d rip out every stitch, if it weren’t a waste of time.

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New wine and old skin

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

It is a truth universally acknowledged that we prefer beginnings to endings, opening lines to famous last words; and so we usher in the year with bells and whistles; fireworks obliterate the unforgotten, bury the little piles of guilt, glinting … Continue reading →

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Psalm for the fourth funeral

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Good God, sometimes mortality becomes too heavy for us to bear under; it piles up like bones. We flood the valley floor with grief; our footsteps sink for want of solid ground. How long, O Lord, will you wait to … Continue reading →

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Annunciation and assent

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Ave Accustomed to many perplexing forms of greeting from the ridiculous to the ribald, when hailed by the sublime she was only mildly bemused, hardly struck dumb at all. Maria Accustomed to the music of her name on the lips … Continue reading →

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Do not quench the spirit

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

From the Lectionary for Year B Advent 3: 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the spirit, pour cold water on its fervour; be afraid of the passion it inflames; that is only the beginning of wisdom. Let it burn. Do … Continue reading →

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Advent meditation: parables, fools, and poetry

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Written for the Diocese of Ohio Advent meditations collection, Advent 2014 (see more at http://www.dohio.org) Readings for Thursday of the First Week of Advent: Psalm 118: 19-24; Isaiah 26: 1-6; Matthew 7: 21-27 Rock of Ages They called him a … Continue reading →

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Faking It

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

I sit in silence as the base boards click and tick around my ankles, shaking out heat; across the room the fridge kicks in, humming to a rhythmic beat, chilling; I sit in the silence in between, lukewarm.

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Pray

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Pray, not for an end to grief; tears fall, the waters of a hard labour.

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Psalm

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

oil poured on troubled water set alight: O God, make haste to help us.

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Millstones

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

I preached a few weeks ago on the stumbling blocks that we set before our children: guns. Their prevalence and power have become stumbling blocks to our children, and blinders to keep us focused on fear. We hurtle headlong into … Continue reading →

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