Category Archives: Poetry

Poetry, Piety and Prayer

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

“Poetry and Piety: The Book of Common Prayer and Literature in English” was the talk I attended last week, given by visiting speaker Professor Helen Wilcox. Points made by her I particularly noted: Prayer together is like a banquet, the … Continue reading →

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Falcondale Lake

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

A beautiful place a nice walk from where I live. Quiet. I visited there last year, and once again as lambs are starting to appear in the hills, I loved spending some silent time there. Thanks to Vernon Lund who … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Inferno

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Dante’s Divine Comedy is a pretty important read for a theology student. Rather happily my flatmate has the video game of the first part, the Inferno, so I spent the day learning whilst getting to play on XBox! Dante wrote … Continue reading →

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Remember Me

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand. Nor I half turn to go, yet turning, stay. Remember me when no more day by … Continue reading →

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Helicopter Poem

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Challenge 4. Helicopter poem. Each verse consists of two long lines (like helicopter blades!), blurred together by using many of the same, or similar, or rhyming words in each. For added effect, keep returning to words you’ve already used throughout … Continue reading →

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Censorship Poem

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Challenge 3: Censorship poem. Make a poem by blacking out parts of a page of text. I wouldn’t say I’d done particularly well at this, but it was pretty difficult! It’s more of a list of words… part of this … Continue reading →

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Squid Poem

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

Challenge 2: Squid Poem One short to normal-length line, followed by ten long tentacle-like lines, each of which could follow on from the first. Wanted to have a quick go at the second poetry challenge before bed and wanted to … Continue reading →

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A Cradle Song

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

After last night I’ve been thinking more about poetry again, and walking back to my mum’s house after the lovely baptism in church this morning I recalled William Blake’s A Cradle Song. The narrator watches his baby sleeping and is … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Poem

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Time has flown by and I am now too old to enter poems in the Foyle Young Poets Network. But although having found it a bit late, I like the look of the August Writing Challenge. So there are 16 … Continue reading →

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Praise to the Lord

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation; All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near, Joining in glad adoration. Praise to the Lord, … Continue reading →

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