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• Thoughts of a harassed mother as Christmas approaches

  Margaret Lyall 18 October 2015

  Stress and distress, crisis on crisis,
  mind, body and spirit cannot take much more... more»

  
  Poetry, Christmas, Mother

• Thoughts on a Clay Pot: written for an agnostic friend

  Margaret Lyall 18 February 2015

  I saw it on the Salisbury Centre stall.
  It was the shape that drew me - simple and symmetrical.
  Carefully I picked it up and turned it round
  to savour its perfection. more»

  
  Poetry, Life, Hope

• Bread and Wine

  Margaret Lyall 16 April 2014

  ...the congregation moves slowly forward,
  slotting into the spaces at the altar rail
  to receive the bread and wine...
  more»

  
  Poetry, Bread, Wine, Communion, Cathedral, Church, Chapel

• Advent

  Margaret Lyall 25 December 2013

  Minds cannot comprehend;
  Truth is veiled in paradox.
  more»
  Poetry, Advent, Faith, Truth, Love

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