Poems of Hope (I)

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What is it?

This collection of 16 poems, written weekly over 4 months in the spring of 2021, chronicles a period of Covid-19 lockdown, and offers a glimpse of hope in dark days. Please note that this product is a downloadable PDF for printing at home.

Suitable for use in churches, small groups or missional communities, and for personal reflection.

 

What’s it about?

This collection of 16 poems, written weekly over 4 months in the spring of 2021, chronicles a period of Covid-19 lockdown, and offers a glimpse of hope in dark days. The collection includes descriptions of what was happening each week, giving a context for each poem.

The Magpie On The Ledge
Observations on the need to achieve

When This Is Over
A poem on the hope of what lies beyond (as read on Reflections at the Quay)

Snow On Snow
Winter thoughts

First World Problems
On noticing privilege

Light Nights
The seduction of light

Long Tired
A reminder that it won’t always be this way

If Only
On the line that divides good and evil

Déjà Vécu
On memory and forgetfulness

Ever Given
A response to a stuck container ship

Remember Hope Returns
An Easter poem

Sourdough Rolls
Reflections on poverty and inequality

My Restless Friend
A sonnet about a squirrel

The Technology Of Biology
An ode to a vaccine

Eternal Present Tense
In praise of open water swimming and the pursuit of clarity

Two-A-Penny Shelter
For the dishevelled and the scunnered

The End Of The Tier
On the pleasure and trepidation offered by the prospect of freedom

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