On Day 605 of the daily poems our poet Chrys Salt is hoping for some inspiration from Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, wisdom, arts, music, learning and inspiration. (A puja is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus to honour and worship a deity). Saraswati You were surrounded by fans at your puja.I couldn’t get… Continue reading

Our poet is Anne Symons who on Day 604 of the daily poems remembers the 14th century anchoress and writer Julian of Norwich, immured in her own small cell for decades. ‘All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.’  Julian of Norwich Dust drops from her… Continue reading

Our poet today, Colin Hopkirk, writes “I like churches. For all their complex meanings, their ugliness and beauty, there’s still an atmospheric shift from the outside to the in.”  And on Day 603 of the daily poems he delineates all the integral details and complexities of our historic churches. Elements If it’s about churchesthen it’s… Continue reading

Woke this Sunday morning, this Day 602 of the daily poems, to blue skies and the promise of warm weather, 28 July.  It is the 180th birthday of Gerard Manley Hopkins.  Here is the opening line of ‘The windhover’ – the poem which Hopkins dedicated to Christ our Lord.  “I caught this morning morning’s minion,… Continue reading

On Day 601 of the daily poems, our poet Colin Pink introduces us to St. Catherine Tekakwitha (1656-1680 ), a Mohawk woman who became the first Native American person canonised as a Catholic saint.  The Mohawk peoples were one of the Five Nations, one of many strands that made up the Iroquois Confederacy. St Catherine… Continue reading