Poetry

Four Poems on Love: A Christian Perspective

Part of a series of poems on the three major monotheistic faiths. The other poetic sequences in the series are on Judaism and Islam. 1 A stone covers the tomb Shutting the last light out. Who could ever exhume The soul from death’s redoubt? And then I hear Love’...

Belled Cattle

Slaves of passion, How they prattle Of freedom - tugged Like belled cattle! Their brass jangle Is pride’s tangle - Like canaries In gilded cages. Boastful emblem Of their cruel fate, Whose true meaning They learn too late....