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<blockquote data-quote="ianpspurs" data-source="post: 2344391" data-attributes="member: 193971"><p>In before the football. Today's Advent poem is <a href="https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/advent-good-wishes-by-david-grieve-6/" target="_blank">Advent Good Wishes by David Grieve</a> . I'm guessing many of you will spot that it is based on a passage from the bible - Isaiah 11 6-9 but given a here and now twist. I'm not pushing an overtly Christian line here. I've spent the day with our youngest granddaughter who, being only 19 months old, still needs lots of care, cuddles and basic needs satisfying. Sentimental, dreamer, whatever. I'm unapologetic. I know nature is red in tooth and claw and for most of history life's a ***** and then you die was only too true. Still is for many. I'm not naive. That passage and this poem hold the promise of a world I desperately wish for for her and her cousins. One which our current national leader seems hell bent on deriding, determined to foster division, hatred of "the other" and rancour wherever he can. I prefer the message of hope in that poem and Isaiah. Now, whisky, football and the great O Antiphons start tomorrow. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":woot:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":woot:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":woot:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":woot:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianpspurs, post: 2344391, member: 193971"] In before the football. Today's Advent poem is [URL='https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/advent-good-wishes-by-david-grieve-6/']Advent Good Wishes by David Grieve[/URL] . I'm guessing many of you will spot that it is based on a passage from the bible - Isaiah 11 6-9 but given a here and now twist. I'm not pushing an overtly Christian line here. I've spent the day with our youngest granddaughter who, being only 19 months old, still needs lots of care, cuddles and basic needs satisfying. Sentimental, dreamer, whatever. I'm unapologetic. I know nature is red in tooth and claw and for most of history life's a ***** and then you die was only too true. Still is for many. I'm not naive. That passage and this poem hold the promise of a world I desperately wish for for her and her cousins. One which our current national leader seems hell bent on deriding, determined to foster division, hatred of "the other" and rancour wherever he can. I prefer the message of hope in that poem and Isaiah. Now, whisky, football and the great O Antiphons start tomorrow. :woot::woot::woot::woot: [/QUOTE]
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