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:
A New Beginning
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- Written October 2024
Tipping it over the edge to the nothingness of beyond,
Looking for something that may not be,
Forcing belief, though they feel they can't;
Allowing the privilege of vivid imagination
To replace the arid dryness of despair,
While yet another awaits a creative spirit
Dreaming up solutions to the seemingly insoluble;
Developments that shatter a twosome
Out of overpowering dominance, tipping it over the edge
Into a new beginning and a fresh start all round -
Imagination again in partnership with love
As the sun rises on a new day,
Its brightness heralding reassuring warmth.
October 2024
Los Altos.