On the Magi: Terror unleashed
Outwitted, outmanoeuvred,
Herod unleashes terror.
On the Magi: Offerings presented
Away from home,
Mission accomplished:
It is finished.
On the Magi: Feigning faith
Herod the King,
"racially Arab,
religiously Jewish,
culturally Greek,
politically Roman."
On the Magi: Through centuries
From the beginning,
Magi pondered and travelled;
offered and worshipped.
On the Magi: Farcical journey
Persians not Arabs,
Farsi not Arabic,
Magi not Kings:
worship not rule.
Becoming
Mary breaks into a cold, damp sweat,
her eyes bloodshot, her skin crawling
as she takes one more breath and screams,
pushing baby into open air,
riding a rush of adrenaline and blood so pure
that it can on... Read More...
Songs, sacred and secular
Whether one exults in the tender humanity of these poems, or finds in them a fitting lamentation in a season of loss, Spencer Reece’s voice is unique and worth hearing.