David Franks / WalkaboutsVerse

Poem 219 of 230: FURTHER ANTI-IMPERIALISM
Let each Christian nation have its own Church -
Equal, before God, with the others’ Search.
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230 of 230: CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said,
Beneath signalling skies,
On land dusty to tread,
A trough in a stable
Was the strawy first-bed
Of a divine baby -
The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope -
There then and here now;
The yuletide of goodwill -
There then and here now.
In respect of this chance,
Beneath bright or dark skies,
Faith's the star that we glance
Attending...

Poem 154 of 230: GETTING TO KNOW GOD
God lets us go
Our own way -
Until the Day;
Now and then, though,
He has a Say
In His own Way -
Prophets to Sow,
Deserts to Pay.
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Poem 224 of 230: THE NATIVITY
Vis-à-vis S.C.,
I prefer to see
Christian children’s glee
When they play-out the
Coming of J.C. -
The Nativity.
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Poem 199 of 230: BEDE’S WORLD - WINTER 2002/3
During Advent, I returned to Bede’s World,
Where I, already read, was further schooled -
Via walks through the museum, the farm,
The ruins, and the church with its old arm.
With gifts, I left, after some four hours,
To round off, at home, my thoughts on ours.
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