The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Religion

  • Where i was supposed to be….

    #Church #Sunday #Weather #Home Sunday Morning Stairrods on the other side of the Solid window glass passing like Spears Several puddles mingling as Soggy fallen leaves sail toward Sewer Drains and Seagulls enjoying a dip and a feed alongside Swallows, Skylarks, and Sparrows so instead of being sat attending ecclesiastical matters i’m watching on zoom…

  • Cathedral walls filled with voices as Harmonic music was played throughout Orators of great note – joined in Resounding hymns and psalms Until the time came – and Silence and Reverence came with eucharistic rites

  • #fowc #Confession Cleansing of Oral admissions Noted by the angels For the day of judgement Expressions of remorse Said in private but always Said honestly and in receipt of penance In an attempt to show an element Of contrition for the time we Next meet our maker

  • Gaudete

    Christmas is almost here As they lit the third candle on the advent wreath Nativity plays are being practiced Down in school halls up and down the land as Lit number of candles is three Excitement is building – the lords almost here!

  • Pancakes

    #ShroveTuesday #Pancakes #Food #Acrostic #Lent #Christian Perhaps, it’s Apt, that a Number of these batter-based treats are Created on Shrove Tuesday, For on the day after Adults of a certain faith, may ask their Kids to forgo the Enjoyment of their favourite chocolate bars till the evening of Saturday before Easter sunday, when the Easter…

  • Believe Belief – you’re not born with it emerges from what you are told from your teachers like mum and dad, grandmas and granddads it’s then down to you to weigh up each little bit you’ve been told verify and question, and finally engage – before it grows

  • Stained Glass Window

    Salford 18th September Poem borrowed from my page at Allpoetry.com A tale a bit crafty, a bit religious, but all by me Artwork created at Craft Sessions at Brain & Spinal Injury Charity in Salford. As the Sun comes up, its light shines through the panels of coloured glass angling the now coloured light painting…

  • Colour of the crown

    #Coloryourworld #cyw #royalpurple Perched on her majesty’s head Under the frame of silver and jewel Royal colour emits from the crown Perhaps – it denotes her status – as head of her church Like priests and bishops wear the colour in spring at mass in parishes up and down England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

  • Sacred They’re tearing down temples for a flash B & B The places of worship, they think they are twee.   They’re moving the pulpits to community halls whilst taking a digger to break down brick walls   In name they call – “Progress” Its the communities loss for the one who wont replace it…