GOD’S BEAUTY IN THE SKY
God’s beauty in the sky,
And in a silver cloud:
Everywhere in the world
His beauty cries aloud.
But why should I talk of it?
Let me drink it up
As now I drink this cider
From a big blue cup!
About This Book
A varied collection of poems and short prose pieces that celebrate the Cotswold and Gloucestershire countryside while exploring love, longing, and spiritual yearning. The poems range from concise nature lyrics—observing rivers, hedges, birds, and seasonal light—to sonnets and free-verse meditations that ask for vision, joy, and fellowship. Several pieces foreground homesickness and the solace of ritual and local customs, others offer wry or reflective commentary on mortality, vanity, and daily life. Prose poems and songs intersperse formal verse, producing a sequence that alternates celebratory rural description, quiet grief, religious petition, and gentle humour.