Christopher’s pieces – Page 3 – The Poffley Education Resource page

Psalm 77

When suffering or despair assaults us or others this Psalm exhorts us to cry out with hope and not despair. Psalm 77 In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord 77 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretchedContinue reading “Psalm 77”

Frog mouth Bird

Inspired by Kerala’s forest and the Frog Mouth Bird The Sri Lankan frogmouth or Ceylon frogmouth is a small frogmouth found in the Western Ghats of south India and Sri Lanka. We spotted one asleep in the day quietly roosting on a branch. Their plumage looks like dried leaves, so they are very difficult to see!

Oak Tree

This was written for a colleague and friend , whose young daughter wrote these words for his birthday

Street carnival

Water into wine

Written for Mr and Mrs Adam Elisabeth Arnett – Smyth – July 2021 John 2 2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 AndContinue reading “Water into wine”

Blacksmith Gabriel Oak

Middlemarch

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.” “It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taughtContinue reading “Middlemarch”

Spring Hope

Walking the Pennines inspired this piece . Written for our close friend CL

Wiggle waggle

A song for little people inspired by Flora Hettle. It’s about a lost duckling – found by a kind swan. Get wiggling and waggling.

Rain

A song for little people Two great poets are quoted at the end: Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice Act 4 scene 1) The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes….. Wordsworth MyContinue reading “Rain”