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La plage sacrée
Shells that gleam like stars In the full light of the day Move beneath my feet As the tide returns free These are the silent prayers
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Sur la plage
I am visiting a Catholic City tomorrow That once faced wide coastal fields But is now partially hidden in the deep suburbs Like many I will partake of secular activities But then I will draw breath and look up into the sky And marvel at the wonders of what I am witnessing Later […]
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A Table of Stones
I have a small table which is covered with beautiful stones These stones were at once anonymous on the town’s wide beach But are now are the centrepiece of my colourful and subtle collection These are my God Stones or so I am told by others who enjoy their freedoms
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The Last of England
Many years ago I watched a movie at an arts festival It was called Brief Crossing and was directed by Catherine Breillat In short it was about a young French man who meets an older English woman They connect and end up making love as the ferry travels from France to England In my […]
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My Neighbour from Israel
Although we live in a large detached house With an extensive summer garden I have noticed that Rachel Sits under her cherry tree on fine days And chats to the low wooden fence That separates her garden from the railway She is a beautiful Jewess with raven eyes and raven hair And like me writes […]
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The Principle Appetites of the Soul
It is said that Deal and Walmer enjoy the most healthy air in the kingdom There is no hindrance to the free circulation of the air and we feel each wind intimately The Zoo Zephyr is my favourite wind as it comes off of the land with clouds hanging in the sky It is a […]
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Coffee
First Coffee and then Life Or should it read First Life and then Coffee Go back to sleep Anna Jasmine Tea is designing a website for me Whoopee A Self Help Spiritual website where I can help people understand their lives You do not even understand your own True But I have a […]
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Visitors from Switzerland
After the days of heat the weather has cooled It is by no means cold just rather breezy I was as normal looking for interesting stones After a new tide but had found very little As I was combing the beach a small family Settled near me and began to swim in the sea […]
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Such is our garden blessed
Such is our garden blessed Said Maude as she cycled Towards the village To fetch our newspaper Such is our garden blessed
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Dover South Wind
Today was a day of warmth After a few cooler days The Dover South Wind Was driving warm air Over the county of Kent It cooled the beaches And dressed the fields It danced in the lanes And entertained the villages Such is our garden blessed 24th July 2022