A Pot of Gold ( #temptation)

This was my first poem – written early 2012

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New year dawns and days lengthen
holding promise – for those ever looking ? –
in the warming, breathing spaces outside.
Sap rises in the garden
spreading an emerald glow
of hope and soft touches and scents of tenderness.

Amongst the yellow, the white and the green
stirs the mischievous leprechaun.
A flash of gold among the daffodils
He dances, playing, beckoning:
“Your garden is lovely! Linger a little with me!
I have a pot of gold – come and see!”
“You cheeky fly-by-night! You’d charm away my precious pearl?
Be gone with your fools’ gold!”

But I stay, I listen and watch him play
Alluring, daring, boldly dancing.
Sparkling amber green and gold dazzling
compelling…
A glance over the wall at the forest – in the shade of the trees –
blue-bells, wild garlic, pastel greens – alive! Calling:
“Catch me if you can?”
I dance in the snatches…

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Gospel according to Matthew

It is my privilege to create and present all three parts of Matthew’s account of the gospel – read by Dawn Fanshawe, from the “Truth” translation, and illustrated by a visual narrative of specially chosen images from a variety of cultures and generations of Christianity.

Part 1 – Chapters 1 – 11

Part 2 – Chapters 12 – 20

Part 3 – Chapters 21 – 28 (end)

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This is a letter from James, the brother of Jesus, to the believers dispersed among the nations. Dawn is reading from the Truth translation of the New Testament. (Translated by Colin Urquhart)
See also 1 Corinthians and the gospel of Matthew (in 3 parts)
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This is Dawn Fanshawe reading the book of 1 Corinthians, from The Truth translation. The visual accompaniment is a collection of images of Paul the apostle, of his journeys and of some of the places in Corinth at that time and today.