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Putin’s naked torso The G7 leaders mock Putin in reply Says they’d be a laughing stock But war is waging people die This is no laughing game If we’re not careful we will find Our future is the same   If you can’t say something good Say nothing then at all Don’t add to thisContinue reading “Sleepwalking Again”

Matthew 9:1-8   Annual medical check up Blood pressure a bit high Take my monitor readings Reduce it by and by Diet and good exercise Bring the pressure down Or maybe they’ll suggest a pill I’ll take it though I frown   The healing of the human heart That is something else Confess your sinContinue reading “The Paralysis of Evil”

Strident shouting back in the day Scargill versus Thatcher Communities torn every which way Weetabix and Milk Snatcher One or t’other can’t be both Do or die till death The mines are gone and Maggie too Still we catch our breath   Vicious fighting police and all What a game of soldiers Moderation went outContinue reading “Bows And Arrows”

  I watched a film about the First World War Explaining how it came to be its causes How nations felt the fear and circled round In groups of allies waiting for the charge   We are doing it again over Ukraine Gathering all our guns and aiming East Blaming Putin for the sorry messContinue reading “Watch This Space”

“Sometimes, nothing can be a real cool hand.” (From the film, Cool Hand Luke.)   Failure to communicate The saddest thing of all Resort to brutish cruelty Let them take a fall Cool Hand Luke is smiling Paul Newman’s happy grin But someone with no eyes to see Has it in for him   AContinue reading “Paul Newman’s Smile”

Summer days and Wimbledon Easy on the eye Tennis whites and strawberries Drop shots and Hawkeye Sunny days a little rain Green and pleasant land A gathering of talent Applause ripples from the stand   And after that to Scotland The Old Course beckoning The breezes of St Andrews Golfers in full swing The sandContinue reading “Love Fifteen”

Will you take the road that leads to life? Or turn aside to follow your own whim Or simply stop and settle where you are Indifferent to virtue and to sin   The Lord sets out Jerusalem his goal He knows what waits him there but still he goes Is he a fool to walkContinue reading “Road To Jerusalem”

The immaculate heart of Mary The feast day for today I associate it with my father It used to be his birthday August twenty-second Now it’s here in June It follows on from Jesus’ heart Very much in tune   And over in America Tumult for Roe v Wade And the story of ‘Jane Roe’Continue reading “The Quiet Heart”

Justice must be done That is clear Making right what was wrong And do so without fear And yet there should be mercy In answer to a plea To temper the law’s gravitas To say you can be free   Out of sight is out of mind And that indeed is prison We forget theContinue reading “Sentence”

Earthquake in Afghanistan Houses tumbling down Natural disaster To add to Taliban   War unending in Ukraine People lying dead Killed by heartless autocrats Not right in the head   Local builders Bridge of Allan Son extends his house A forever home he’s thinking For children family – mouse?   For Robert in his farmer’sContinue reading “Firm Foundation”

Helpless we come into this world And helpless at the end We take our leave My mother’s arms caressed me when a babe Washed me and dressed me Laid me down to sleep Kissed me and cuddled me Soothed me when I weep Let me go into the world Too soon alas my grief  Continue reading “Strong Roots”

  I used to preach to others It was my job Apply the gospel teaching to their lives Read the gospel story Find the gem within Apply it then to human life A daily happening   But first you must apply to self The gospel that you read Without that application All will go toContinue reading “Today”

Half way down the beaten path I came upon the sound The babbling of the river A gentle cheerful sound Water over pebble stones Shallow here it ran Further on the deeper pools Bog brown in the sun   Babbling too our chatter Busy lives we lead Forever ever talking All our cares and needsContinue reading “Running Water”

Take a walk along a road See what you can see Now turn round walk back again All looks differently   We call this thing a point of view The world from where you stand The same things there before you But different you understand   So now with the present war How does RussiaContinue reading “Present Conflict”

I am standing at Aunty Sarah’s house On the shoulder of the Muing Looking all around me at every blessed thing At Tuiscean and the river At Macs beside the bridge At the lake out in the distance And beyond to Inver ridge   Carrowmore looks beautiful At this time of the day The brightnessContinue reading “Summer Breezes”