Christmas
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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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Firstborn
Mary’s first born - and so much more. A reflection on the ways in which Jesus is referred to as Firstborn.
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The Unwise Men
It wasn’t like you think. To be honest, none of it was wise: following a moving star; hiding priceless treasures underneath our cloaks; affecting unfelt nonchalance through local warlords’
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Saving Christmas
It has gone to a far country, a place of reckless living and partying. There it has been lauded, desired, depended on for heightened pleasure, milked dry.
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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.
