The Apple Farmer
I met an aged apple farmer
Busy with his work,
His face was gnarled and weather beaten
Like apple-tree bark.
For Beatrice (7th January, 2015)
A time of joy, a time of pain,
A baby girl born,
And passed away,
In just one day.
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Observations on a Winter Morning
A crisp, cold, frosty morning with the low winter sun shining strongly out of a clear blue sky, making the ice crystals glisten and sparkle on every leaf and blade of grass. Not a breath of wind this morning – the water as still as the proverbial millpond, reflecting the glare of the sun into my eyes.
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Wind over Whitecliff
A strong Sou’Wester,
Storm Gerrit, someone’s called it,
Harrying over the harbour,
Pulsating over the park.
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Wareham Winter Wander
The huge earth bank of the Saxon wall
Still marks the edge of town.
It was built by Alfred the Great
To keep the Vikings out
(But it didn’t work, sad to say,
The Danes occupied the town, anyway.)
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Love One Another
Sermon looking at Jesus’ commandment that we should love one another (John 13:34). How can we, as people of the church, love like Jesus?
Ebb Tide Echo
Oscillating calls disrupt the coastal calm:
Obstreperous oystercatchers
Clashing over the oyster catch?
To the Spider on Our Washing Line
They call her a common garden spider
But look closely and you’ll realise
There’s nothing whatsoever common
About her.
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Teach us to Pray
Sermon looking at the Lord’s Prayer, and Jesus’ teaching on prayer immediately afterwards. The disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Teach us to pray.’ And we too can come to Jesus today and say, ‘Teach us to pray.’