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Monday Poetry: 'Collect'

A Weekly Original Poem

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Andrew Roycroft
Jul 28, 2025
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This week’s poem reflects on the worship of God that is in the natural world, and the consolation that this brings at times of personal dislocation, or even disaffection. The reference to ‘Hewitt’ points to the wonderful John Hewitt, whose poem ‘Hill Farm’ brings a tender recollection of standing in the porch of a neighbouring Catholic family while they…

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