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Intimately Connected

In those unexpected times When you cannot pray ~ Too tired or too restless Too exhausted or depressed ~ You look at these figures So intimately connected ~ And their love on your heart Is mysteriously impressed.

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#Poetry #spirituality

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Live in the Fire of the Spirit

~ I wake to the presence Of the creating Father ~ I bring to birth The resurrection of the Son ~ I live in the fire Of the Spirit ~ Of the Three Of the One. ~

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#Poetry #spirit #trinity

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We Destroy the Earth

Like a child Given too much power ~ We destroy the earth Hour by hour. ~

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#God #nature #Poetry #spirituality

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Nature is a Gateway to Eternity

It all speaks of God The rain, the lake, The sky and the trees ~ Nature is a gateway To eternity ~ And here In this place I sense divinity. ~

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#God #nature #Poetry #spirituality

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Trembling of the Steady Air

I caught that day In his hovering over ~ Of the stillness lake And my heart stirred ~ Simply for that bird In flight ~ As if suddenly I had joined ~ His light Motion and unceasing ~ Trembling of the steady air All captured ~ In moments Of enraptured stare. ~ Inspired by personal experience and Gerard Manly Hopkins amazing poem about a kestrel, called ‘The Windhover’, which…

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#bird #heart #kestrel #nature #Poetry

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Spring Buzzard

Today I heard My first chiffchaff of spring And the warmer days Have put the buzzard on the wing Crying for the light ~ And the rabbits run Across the road And the stream sings soothingly Its watery load. ~ Buzzard, around Wroxeter

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#bird #nature #photography #poetry #Shropshire

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In Spaciousness

Like Mary Greeted by God In graciousness ~ I would not be defeated But soul sense would grow In spaciousness.

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The Wild Stiperstones

I was recently walking on The Stiperstones, early in the morning. It was frosty morning and the sun was just rising, and the wildness of this beautiful ridge in Shropshire came beautifully into view as two crows came to settle on the crags that form the hill’s jagged silhouette (see photo). ~ Wild Amongst the Stretton hills ​~ Rolling With buzzards and kites ​~ Wild The fields that patch…

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#nature #photography #poetry #Shropshire

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Meaning Comes

Meaning comes               not only in dry abstraction But in the warm embrace               of another will Reaching through the cold               to melt a heart With the warmth               of affirmation.

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Mist and Sunrise

From Wroxeter, Shropshire… Mist and sunriseAnd the surprise isThat the sun returnsAfter so many months of darknessTo light us the way to lifeIn all fulness.

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#dawn #nature #photography #poetry #Shropshire #sunrise

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Desert Silence

I came to the desert silence and prayed for purpose . The vultures of the mind circled within . I waited for the silence to settle for inspiration to gather . Opening the door I see mountains spreading from the distance . Some of them may be moved. .

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#desert #inspiration #mind #Poetry #pray #silence #spirituality

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Sunrise at Wroxeter

Sun rises At Wroxeter Big, round and pale ~ As if the cosmos Will never fail To show its face ~ To us Who live in mists Depending on grace. ~

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#nature #photography #poetry #Shropshire

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Transforming One Life at a Time

Conception In the mind Of the universe ~ Miraculous Moments Of new creation ~ Everything Transforming One life at a time.

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#life #Poetry #spirituality #universe

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This Every Day Sacred Story

Every bush is on fire And the trees are touched with light ~ Even the grass Is bathed in glory ~ Remember, O my soul, This every day ~ Sacred Story.

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#nature #Poetry #spirituality

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Wherever you are, there is God now

~ Wherever you are City, suburb ~ Country, desert, ocean Or underground ~ Or travelling through the air There is God now ~ With you Alongside you ~ In the souls Of all that you see ~ And that is the divine The Christ mystery. ~

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Loving the Infinite

God grieving As we suffer And die Into an eternity Of loving God The infinite Mercy.

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Born to Make All Things Good

In all I see The one Who is to be The type Of personhood Born to make All things good. ~ Inspired by ‘The Universal Christ’ by Richard Rohr: “I saw with my mind, but as vividly as wonderful picture, Christ in them all.” ~

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