Advent
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Questions of Birth and Death
A poem that questions the limited extent of Mary's response to Gabriel's announcement of her pregnancy, and the instruction given to Mary Magdalene when she encounters Jesus, risen from the dead
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Elizabeth: on the journey to Christmas
My husband lost his voice but I found mine. I had waited for his return from the city, expecting him to be full of news, full of the wonder of temple service, full of himself. Instead – nothing. No words, only a spreading of his arms, a soundless, impotent mouth, a wrinkled gaze of sadness, bewilderment, mute frustration with his own self.