Two turtle doves keep partridge company!What on earth can they mean?So docile and peaceful ‘Gainst Boxing Day sales’ frantic scene! Christmas reflections continueSome teach Old and New Testament in disguise‘Twould seem Law and GraceFind balance in a manger’s surprise. (c) Dennis Ryle, December 2024
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‘Twas the First Day of Christmas
Partridge, pear tree, and Christ candleHint that Christmas has not ended, but come.For retail the season has passed;For the cosmos, the feast’s just begun. Far from a Bethlehem mangerWhere cloaked figures pay their respect,In hearts given to pause and attentionThe Christ is reborn among those who reflect. We sing of twelve days for such pondering,TheContinue reading “‘Twas the First Day of Christmas”
Advent Love
Primal love ignited the cosmosAnd it could not be containedElusive in its fecundityFar beyond all that can be sustained. Yet once upon our timelineA young girl burst into songful mirthPrimal love found concentrationand became a human birth. (c) Dennis Ryle December 2024
Advent Joy
Who dares speak of joyIn this world so full of woe?When downcast eyes and heavy heartsQuestion why it is so. Why spell out this defiant wordIn the face of life so dreary?Don’t you see the tear-stained faceand the shoulders stooped so weary? The prophet calls for peace and faith,The apostle for robust trust,The baptiser laysContinue reading “Advent Joy”
Advent Peace
While thirteen-year-olds riot on Rottnestand Middle East regimes fallAssassins smile and CEOs hide awayProphets amplify their call. Prepare the way! Get ready!Straighten things up and clear the road!If it’s peace you want, then roll up your sleevesAnd do the work, share the load. For peace within requires an altered mindAnd a disposition to forgivenessPeace withoutContinue reading “Advent Peace”
The muse stirs
Urge to write insistsArticulation of heartThe muse awakens
Simian Standoff
Going down Murray MallAll gangly limbed and freckledSurrounded by his matesHe shambled apelike towards usArms akimbo, legs bentFixing me with hostile stareOozing testosterone with a simian quest for dominationI met his gaze with a closed mouth smileBorrowed from Paul HoganAs if to say, “You call that a threat?” He dropped his head and skirted aroundContinue reading “Simian Standoff”
Deep Heat Teeth
Deep Heat is a linamentFor muscles sore and tenderWhen applied to limbs quite liberallyThe relief has no contender. To mistake it once for toothpasteIs an error without equalHaving spread it on my toothbrush now– well, I’ll just spare y’all the sequel! (c) Dennis Ryle, April 2023
Shrinking Pinocchio’s Nose
Bloganuary asks “What’s a lie you tell yourself?” Old taunting voices have been gagged into silenceNo longer do they hold me in utter reliance“You’re feeble, not smart, you don’t cut the mustard,Look at you now – you’re getting all flustered!” I ceded them rightness for some little while‘Til following a Way helped develop my styleSo thoseContinue reading “Shrinking Pinocchio’s Nose”
Clown
Bloganuary poses “What was your dream job as a child?” The railway line to Grange ran past the end of our streetEach time I heard the whistle, my heart did skip a beatNo matter steam or diesel as the changes went aheadEngine Driver was the job of how I would make my bread. Then there wasContinue reading “Clown”
Wondering Pilgrim 