Maureen Lawrence

Let justice flow like a river and righteousness an everlasting stream Was the Civil Rights prayer we heard from the lips of Martin Luther King

I live in a town with a lighthouse by the sea Standing firm and tall as a gateway to the harbour Watching passing ships as

William …. entered the world in 1933 A child of God, he was destined to be With his childish laughter and innocent ways In freedom

We dance unknowingly with the lovers of dance> As they Jive and dive in the cadence of their steps> To and fro in a ritual

The silence is deafening but yet, I can hear an orchestra playits rhythmic tune like a metronometakes me to the edge and far away.There’s a distant

Lost for wordsLiver birds callingand the night is falling A Loughside landingwith Goliath laughing .. ‘make haste’ into the mystic … and when that fog horn blowsI’m coming home

When as a child I marvelled at the Glens  with its plunging gorges and waterfalls  its balsalt towers and sweeping valleys  Where myths and legends

(Living within an observable universe, who knows what lies beyond!!!) Sliding Doors …  Anxiously anticipating …  I’m waiting, waiting Precipitating the sound of a midnight

A hundred thousand snowflakes fall  I wonder where they’ll lie each one unique in every way fall silently from the sky From a speck of

The winds of change are blowing and the time is moving fastYet reflection is a friend of ours to think about the pastThe cadence of

I amuse myself of times gone byRevealing memories of sorrow, and much hilarityMy children dance around me sighwith their hopes and dreams of a life

Mary Poole, oh Mary Poole… A perfectly penned gift on your wedding day From an introverted shy guy with a crooked smile at school Declared

What if memories are all we have now Transposing a vibrant life to a shade of grey Unknown changes in times that lie ahead Negate

(Song:  Love you more Pete Shelley, The Buzzcocks) I’m in love again …. The essence of a renewed and joyous loving time Get ready to embrace the

(You can’t put your arms around a memory …..  John Anthony Genzale, July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991, AKA ‘Johnny Thunders’ ex Heartbreaker) This

I was told that Jesus loved me back in 1964 while building the garden of Eden  On the kindergarten floor With little stones, sand and