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Poetry

Holy Week, Poetry

The Second Day

Peter Ould Apr 19, 2014

It is not the day of farewell when the despair sets in. Surrounded by family and …

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Good Friday, Poetry

The Bowl

Peter Ould Apr 18, 2014

Dip your hands and then raise them above the bowl See, the water runs off as the …

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Poetry, Sexual Identity

Catullus – Carmen 16

Peter Ould Mar 25, 2014

Certificate 15 post warning. All the 15+ stuff after the read more tag.

Poetry

Set Apart

Peter Ould Nov 16, 2013

Holiness is not the Cult of Nice servicing humble Cups of Tea Holiness is burning in …

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Poetry, Scripture

Half Lives

Peter Ould Nov 3, 2013

When you enter the House of Prayer and, finding it a Den of Thieves go. Is …

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Good Friday, Holy Week, Poetry

Swaddle

Peter Ould Mar 29, 2013 Tagged with Bound, Corpse, Deceased, Flesh And Bones, Good Friday, Linen, New Birth, Sounds, Tiny Bundle, Water And Blood

Lay your child down Mary, bound by cloth and linen strips and laid in a box. …

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Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Poetry

Palms

Peter Ould Mar 24, 2013 Tagged with 24th March, Bough, Canopy, Carpet, Obeisance, Palm Sunday, Palms, Stroke

Just a stroke, so tenderly embraced and then laid, strowed, under foot, under hoof, a carpet …

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Poetry

Gold

Peter Ould Dec 25, 2011 Tagged with Altars, Arks, Beads, Christmases, Crowns, Earth, Futures, Holes, Myrrh, One God, Poem, Poems, Saviour, Second Birth, Slow Gold, Three Months, Transformation, Trilogy, Urns

This poem concludes a trilogy of poems over the last three Christmases. For 2009 and 2010 see …

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Poetry, Theology

Heirs of Spinoza

Peter Ould Mar 26, 2011 Tagged with 26th March, Elevation, Heirs, Ism, Uncompleted

A day late. Forgive me. Heirs of Spinoza Oh “good” ones, who accept their optimal substance …

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Frankincense
Christmas, Home Life, Poetry

Frankincense

Peter Ould Dec 25, 2010 Tagged with Darkness, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah To The Lamb, Holy Night, Mouths, Myrrh, Sacrifice, Step Down, Ten Thousand, Thousand Wings

Last year we had Myrrh, this year Frankincense. — How sweet the smell rising to the …

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