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  Autumn in the Garden   When the frosty kiss of Autumn in the dark makes its mark On the flowers, and the misty morning grieves over fallen leaves; Then my olden garden, where the golden soil Through the toil of a hundred years is mellow, rich, and deep, Whispers in its sleep. ‘Mid the [...]

  THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW (Noël Coward) This is to let you know That there was no moon last night And that the tide was high And that on the broken horizon Glimmered the lights of ships Twenty at least, like a sedate procession passing by. This is to let you know That [...]

I attended the Vision Launch meeting at the Edge Church tonight, down at South Campus. I was blessed by the message and the worship and when Pastor Danny shared this poem, I know I should put it here to share with all of you …   THE CHOSEN VESSEL The Master was searching for a [...]

I came across the poem from Mitch Albom’s book, Have a Little Faith. It’s a beautiful poem by an American poet, Robert Browning Hamilton. You certainly learn a lot when you walk through troubles, even when you have to walk through the valley of the shadow of death.   Along the Road I walked a [...]

  THE GREAT HUNT Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) I cannot tell you now; When the wind’s drive and whirl Blow me along no longer, And the wind’s a whisper at last– Maybe I’ll tell you then– some other time. When the rose’s flash to the sunset Reels to the rack and the twist, And the rose [...]

  Birches Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them. But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay. Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them Loaded with ice a sunny winter [...]

A Place of Solace Give me a rugged coast Where the boastful waves swim past the jutting cliff And the wind whistles through the air with its roaring blast Give me stormy grey sky Where the might of the sun is tempered by the humble wisps of  the clouds And the earth lies still, waiting [...]

I recently came across a beautiful poem by a Norwegian poet by the name of Olav Hauge (1908-1994) when I was searching another poem of his that was given to my friend Edvard for his wedding present in 2002. Don’t Come to Me with The Entire Truth is a poem about sensitivity and delicateness. Simply [...]

I’m cleaning up my study at the moment and organising the many bills and statements into logical piles so I can put them in my new drop-file cabinet from Ikea. I came across this wonderful poem that I received many years ago from a fellow Christian in the same department when I was still in [...]

I sent my farewell note to my workmates at the company – it’s heartwarming to get some responses with the encouragement given. I mentioned that I would be leaving with a smile on my face – which is certainly true. It is still an unnerving experience because I will be facing a limbo, however the [...]