Poetry list
dare this be so
its form is young and smiling
outstretched in welcome and
dying pierced and generous in
rising the colour is as skin
and flesh subject to prejudice
and poverty then taste the
richest wine heady and rare
pure and clear as water from
the Fall the joy of touch
brings healing and smell the
ecstasy of resin and holy
desire ‘tis music played and
felt on every stave of heart
and heaven this is Hope the
Advent Hope He comes in
every age – waiting
© Neil Thompson 2024