Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis - Margaret a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician.
They served with The Salvation Army in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. They retired to live in Bromley, in southeast London. Margaret passed away in 2019.
Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family have always meant a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.
Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their life experiences.
Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.
Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.
Here is Paul's most recent poem:
Fresh Energy
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- Written November 2024
Dissipating energy momentarily
Eroding rock-face
Echoing upheavals elsewhere
As the world waits warily
Anticipating seismic shifts,
Preparing to face what comes,
So, looking for strength to endure,
And finding again the power of love
As the basis for a life of action
In solidarity with the powerless,
Fighting for justice and truth
While deep calls to the depths within
As another wave offers its strength.
Pescadero, California
November 2024
Echoes of Psalm 47, sharing the trepidations many feel in the wake of the US election,
' ...Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me. ...'