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Bread and Circuses

Chapter 54: TO MY SISTER DOROTHY, A PASTE BROOCH
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A lyrical collection of short poems ranges from quiet country scenes and childhood memories to urban sketches and religious reflections. The poet renders streams, gardens, market sellers, and domestic interiors in close sensory detail while pairing everyday observation with moral and spiritual meditation. Animal vignettes and playful pieces for children sit alongside elegies, prayers, and ironic portraits of modern life, producing tones of humour, tenderness, and solemnity. Varied forms and concise portraits move between pastoral lanes, London streets, and intimate household moments while attending to time, sorrow, and faith.

TO MY SISTER DOROTHY,
A PASTE BROOCH

Time, cunning smith, hath set you in my heart Like stones in silver none may wrest apart; Not counterfeit as these our loves shall stay When sullen-footed Time hath paced away.