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Iconoclasm
I read this poem when the family recently scattered the ashes of my step-mother, Audrey (Bim) Coates. The poem was published in the May edition of Catena magazine.Iconoclasm.I walked the ruinsOf B ........
Radiant Care.
This is a poem called Radiant Care which I wrote after being an in-patients at the Royal Papworth hospital in Cambridge last week.Father friendFree Father fair,Reveal your faceAnd hear my prayer.Q ........
The Price of Peace.
What does ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ actually mean?It’s equality.What is the cause of war and violence?Inequality.What is the main side effect of political power?Inequality.What is the main sid ........
The Infinity of Creativity.
Does an eternity Of creativityExistIn close proximity?Where will it all lead?Yes, we have an affinityFor the plasticity,And the versatility,Of creativity?What will it all lead to?And there is ample pr ........
I Cried.
I cried.You were bornAnd I held you for hours.I cried.I cried.I had everything to giveAnd you tried so hard to liveBut your life just ebbed awayLike water through a sieve.I cried.I cried,And I thought ........
The Transfigured Love of God.
In my retirementAnd freed from fearI have a second health career.Within the ChurchFor love I searchA hospital chaplaincy volunteer.By your bed I might appearAsking ‘Can I visit here,Perhaps to listen, ........
The Leader of Light
A land of lethal leadershipA public health diseaseA history of sufferingBereavement we can’t ease. War, broken law and more.Where isThe leader of light? Surely there is evidenceFrom Cockerill at alOf ........
Review of the book 'Generation Care' by Kerry Orchard
My cousin, Kerry Orchard, has read 'Generation Care' and writes:I thought you might like to see C H Spurgeon's reading for today (10th January) from 'The Chequebook of Faith';'He that watereth shall b ........
The Price of Inequality
I have just finished reading 'The Spirit Level - Why Equality is Better for Everyone' by the Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Their data shows that our social problems in the UK are ........
A review of Generation Care
My cousin and her husband, Fiona and John Macmillan, sent me the following opinion on the book 'Generation Care':....thank you for the very impressive book of poems that you sent us. Thanks so much. B ........
The Problem of Inequality
Thank you for visiting this site and reading this blog.My recently published book of poetry called 'Generation Care' imagines a world in which every person's primary motivation is to care for themselv ........
How Your Body Works?
What does ‘Our Father in heaven’ mean to you? To me, one effect of God is as a creative progenitor, an inspiration of good, like an acorn of good, which grows into an oak tree of good. As Jesus says, ........
Generation Care
Generation Care is the name of a book of 42 poems which ask the reader to imaging a world in which every person's primary motivation is to care. To care for themselves, to care for each other and to c ........