James Tipp Poems

Christmas 2011

The time for the clash has come again, the enigma that is Christmas
Here now in this moment in time we are challenged and torn two ways.
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Suddenly all our certainties and pre- paid plans are in disarray
The world that is so small has enlarged considerable overnight
Being grounded has moved from the teenage punishment
To the shutting down of the nations across the many flight paths
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In the village we call this world disasters strike.
The web wings them to every corner in the blink of an eye,
Catastrophe piled on need and want and the world blinks,
Turns and rings its hands unable to respond to the information,
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This Godly place lies waiting for the traveller
Beckons through the covered canopy of Yew
Twin paths around flint walls speak of yesterday.
Stone obelisk worn with age, etched in bygone days
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The cacophony of sound erupted as the day began
People meandered into the souk ready to bargain
To enter the daily chores of this Passover willingly.
Jerusalem was heaving with the masses of pilgrims.
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The world wakes up to the sound of bird song
The day is as ever nothing has changed
But for the people of ‘The Way’ life has darkened
They look back down the ages to a single point
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The capital stands stark resplendent
Viewed from this ancient meridian park.
The Thames the highway of the past
Meanders past old and new in twist and turns.
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‘He is not here’, proclaimed in bold letters
So often these words ring true in paradoxical style.
The empty tomb proclaimed a new beginning
He would be forever here the experience of many
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Obesity the scourge of the western world
Obesity in all things everything in excess.
Now we are called to diet, the diet of recession
The politicians are in denial or seek to be
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