Wednesday, 16 March 2022

THE TWELVE PEERS

 

The twelve peers

Champions of legend

Companions of Charlemagne

Frankish warrior heroes

The brave paladins

Slayers of the moor

Scourge of the Saracen hordes

Thorn in the Emir’s flesh

Legends of Christendom

Righting wrongs

With sword and lance

Fighting for the just

Soldiers of Christ

Soldiers of the light

Heroes of the empire

ANGELS OF THE CHOIR

 

Angels of the choir

Is this the sound of heaven?

Such sweet emanations’

Heaven sings out

Each note

Plucks at my heart

Lifts my soul

Then elevates me

Carrying me away

On a choral wave

Of sweet rapture

Then upon the final note

Of purest clarity

I return to earth

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT PATRICK

 

The feast day of Saint Patrick

Is Ireland’s National Day

When the Irish people

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day

BY GODS GRACE

 

At the end I am serenely at peace

In the moments of my final hour

I feel the presence of the Lord

Who gently plucks me like a flower

FAITH IS LIKE # 2

 

Faith is like electricity

You can’t see it

But you can see the light

That emanates from it

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

 

Wear your smile

Enjoy Life

If only for awhile

Enjoy the moment

It’s a special gift

That’s heaven sent

 

Life and death

Are separated

By a single breath

 

Then more or less

In an instant

Nothing-ness?

 

Then the sight

At the tunnels end

Of heavens light

HE BELIEVES IN YOU

 

Humanists and atheists

Refute God’s existence

But in all honesty

They mount a futile resistance

Because for all their vehement

Creation of fuss

The great lord God

Believes in them as well as us

AIDAN OF LINDISFARNE

  Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne Was an Irish missionary monk Who was credited in the 6th Century Of converting the Anglo-Saxons To Chri...