Mary Magdalena
I wrote this poem for the Taize service in the Universal Hall on Easter Sunday 2025.
Our Beautiful Universe – Nothing New Under The Sun
Fancy a tour of a different world view from the electrical man who started in this community going about on his bicycle with a small cardboard box in the guise of a tool box..?
I am a Peace of Nature
A photographic exhibition of my wood work over the decades.
Poems – Deeper Mystery, Magpie, Brodie
Deeper Mystery Drop away Let go Let the fingers of your mind and expectations relax and release their hold. Just turn away. There is a deeper mystery at the heart of things that is calling
I Want to Climb More Cliffs
I was at the end of a rope At the bottom of some cliffs At Primrose Bay. “It’s an easy climb,” they said, And I said, “Fine. I can do it. I’ve climbed before.” The
Sanctuary poems
Earthworm by Julian Zwengel on Unsplash Earthworms Today let us give thanks for earthworms For their tireless tunneling through the soil of the world Loosening, lightening, aerating the earth Creating passages for air
Poetic tributes
To Andrew Murray I don’t remember your arriving in the community, or what departments you worked in during your first years here. I do remember beer and song on Wednesday afternoons in the kitchen, with
Universal Hall – A Love Story in 3 Parts
Margot Henderson offered this poem during a Fundraiser for the Universal Hall on Friday 22nd November 2024, organised by Sharon Took-Zozaya on the occasion of her 70th birthday. A powerful synchronicity allowed the Community to
Amazon (2001)
Author's Note 2024: I wrote this poem in a tea break during the Iron John Workshop with Robert Bly. Click here for my story about my experiences of that workshop. The poem was a result
You’ll never see a Joker in an Angel Card Pack (1994)
You’ll often see the staff on a Friday in the pub Or collect a TV dinner from the kitchen in a tub You can see the seashore shrink when the moon it waxes full See
