By Peter Ould, on January 1st, 2010% A fresh day But winter remains Still I mourn
By Peter Ould, on December 23rd, 2009%
Lay me down
Wrap me tightly and constrict my movement. Not so much that I cannot breath but as close as possible to that point of no return that at times it seems there is little difference.
Is this comfort?
Present me with Gold that I have no hands free to spend or Frankincense . . . → Read More: Myrrh
By Peter Ould, on November 14th, 2009% For Gayle and Reuben
Wife and son are away for the day And I am left alone to play. “Alone to play,” I hear you cry! “Alone to play,” you hear me sigh.
Peter Ould 14th November 2009
. . . → Read More: Domestic Singularity – A Love Poem
By Peter Ould, on April 14th, 2008% By Scott Cairns
Your petitions—though they continue to bear just the one signature—have been duly recorded. Your anxieties—despite their constant,
relatively narrow scope and inadvertent entertainment value—nonetheless serve to bring your person vividly to mind.
Your repentance—all but obscured beneath a burgeoning, yellow fog of frankly more conspicuous resentment—is sufficient.
Your intermittent concern for the . . . → Read More: Possible Answers to Prayer
By Peter Ould, on January 13th, 2008% Even though we sit slightly a Part of us Is connected
Despite the closeness Exceptions can be made Releasing us from the need (Must?); The honour we show in being Inactive till our skin we choose to Share
Peter Ould 25th August 2004
. . . → Read More: Touch
By Peter Ould, on January 13th, 2008% Rediscovered this poem of three years ago
You asked a statement I replied a difference and so you wonder what my problem is;
now you just glare into the mirror that you can’t bare to see
Peter Ould 20th January 2005

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Two Final Things Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

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Anglican Cycle
Dunstan of Canterbury
Almighty God,
who raised up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock,
a restorer of monastic life
and a faithful counsellor to those in authority;
give to all pastors the same gifts of your Holy Spirit
that they may be true servants of Christ and of all his people;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
God’s Word See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1, ESV)
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