United Kingdom
It was in 1967 that Margaret and Paul arrived in the United Kingdom for postgraduate medical studies and then Salvation Army officer training. The Swallows conveys some of the nostalgia felt for home.
But their ten years in the 80s gave opportunity for family holidays. The Change and A Family in Ireland are among the poems written. It was a family joke that there had to be a poem for the holiday to be declared
a good one!
The return to London in 1999 provided opportunities to explore the cultural life of the city. After Les Miserables, On First Visiting the British Museum, The Ballerina record some of these. And National Trust membership has led to exploration of some of their properties. Chartwell and Climate Change refer to some of these visits.
- Uncovered
- Ty Hebog
- Expectation
- Dry Grass
- Timeless
- Assassination
- The Quiet Orchard
- Another Gate
- Consuming Contrasts
- Cappuccino, please!
- Vita
- Mothering Sunday at Dedham Hall
- The Quest
- Breakers' Yard
- The Rising Tide
- The Wall
- The Topiaries
- Hall Place Yews
- Hayling’s Peace
- The Hotel
- Welcome to Highgate
- The Empty House
- The Common Snipe
- Pause for Prayer
- Left Behind in the Woods
- Autumn
- The Meadow
- The Immigration Office
- Green Park
- The M25 at 70
- Open-air Mass
- Hayling Island Scarecrow
- Acceleration
- Croft Cottage Hospitality
- Seven Seven
- Lindisfarne Gospels
- Last Post
- Coverack
- Gang Warfare
- The Wilderness
- Vaughan Williams Pilgrimage
- Remember Tutankhamun
- Maypole Weavers
- Woodland Dreams
- The First Emperor
- Interruptions
- The Powerhouse
- Climate Change
- Chartwell
- Brockham Bonfire
- Defences
- The Ballerina
- Quadrupled Thanks
- Rogation-tide Blessings
- Blue Print for the Future
- The House on the Bridge
- On First Visiting the British Museum Library
- After Les Miserables
- The Change
- Swallows