White loaves and black burnt crust
Delight of childhood days
The origins of bread
Go back in history’s haze
Soda bread in Ireland
French stick later on
So many breads to choose from now
To base our life upon
It is the very staff of life
We need that daily crust
Basic to our living days
Daily bread a must
All our foods are variable
We take them as we please
But first and foremost give me bread
And put me at my ease
I am the living bread he says
Eat this and you shall live
Energy for living life
Nourishment I give
Give us this day our daily bread
Includes the world in prayer
Let us walk on together
In God’s good and pleasant air
Brian Fahy
5 May 2022
+ The wheat fields of Ukraine and its harvest of grain are now neglected as war rages. The handicapped children are abandoned in a home. All we need for life to be lived well is the simple sharing of daily bread and the simple sharing of loving care.
Erris Poetry 