Category Archives: poetry

Night prayer

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

I pray this night for those who have lived so long that no one who knows can imagine life beyond them. I pray this night for those whose breath was never strong; whose lives are counted in days; whose days … Continue reading →

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Early week wordplay

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Let tares grow, let tears flow; there is no justice without tearing our selves apart; Until life’s ending, we are left tending weeds tenderly as the wheat field. alternatively Let tares grow, let tears flow; there is no judgement without … Continue reading →

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Wormfood

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Whilst musing over this Sunday’s parable (the sower and the different soils), I hit upon the Dummies.com article, “How to Improve Soil Quality for Healthy Plant Growth,” by Sven Wombwell. Sven suggests that “Worms really are a gardener’s best friends. … Continue reading →

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Paying the piper

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ …Yet wisdom … Continue reading →

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Baggage

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

You can see him from afar, made taller by the child on his shoulders, a smaller version of himself; another in a carrier on his back looks like a wizened old man. Little dogs gambol about his feet, with every … Continue reading →

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Zechariah and the newborn

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Today is the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist. According to the Gospel of Luke, when Gabriel (an archangel) announced to John’s father that his wife would conceive, Zechariah was doubtful, and Gabriel, as a sign that this … Continue reading →

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Six impossible things before breakfast

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

A crossover from the bible challenge blog: “Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in … Continue reading →

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Good

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

On the other side of nothing, the waters of the dark womb rage and writhe, resisting God, labouring the eternal void. On the other side of nothing, over the pitched waters, the breath of God hesistates; surfing the storm, hopeful … Continue reading →

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A country mile

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Free kittens. Free manure. Town Hall Meeting: Noise & Shooting Tonight; signs of our times.

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The morning after

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

I can only imagine that you fell asleep on the sofa, bolt upright, clenched paper tissues holding your hand. Waking in the dark, too bewildered not to zombie-walk to bed to lie awake, watching for dawn, in serious doubt whether … Continue reading →

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