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:
The Onion
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- Written January 2025
And squeezed until you sneeze,
Tears rolling down the cheeks
And all you can do is sniff
Because wiping makes it worse,
And you end up wishing
It would stop, but know it won't
As the damage is done,
So you say why did I ever start?
But the stove is on
And the pan waits
So the sneeze becomes a sizzle
As an aroma fills the air
And you can finally blow it all away.
December 2024
While painting an onion!