Dedicated to the memory of Sheila Oxtoby
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Thoughts
Today would have been Mum’s 90th birthday
Alison Oxtoby
18th August 2022
Today would have been Mum’s 90th birthday
18th August 2022
Resurrection
Is it true that after this life of ours we shall one day be awakened
by a terrifying clamour of trumpets?
Forgive me God, but I console myself,
that the beginning and resurrection of all of us dead
will simply be announced by the crowing of the cock.
After that we'll remain lying down a while...
The first to get up
will be Mother... We'll hear her
quietly laying the fire,
quietly putting the kettle on the stove
and cosily taking the teapot out of the cupboard.
We'll be home once more.
Vladimir Holan (1905 -1980)
steveoxtoby
26th January 2021
