Affectionately known as Greenbelt’s little sister, Solas Festival, is running for its second year in Wiston, South Lanarkshire on the 24th-26th June this year. Join us on our beautiful rural site at the height of the Scottish summer, the weekend closest to the Summer Solstice, when the sun barely sets. Read on for highlights from [...]
PIPSPOEM
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alcoholic at birth
mothers addiction
father loss disaster later
fateful crack overdose
and years of homes
sometimes called 'care'
mother herself
all too young
very young
without parental models
inadequate
sometimes called 'it's the parents fault'
raped and abused
abused and robbed
fragmented like hell
sometimes called 'tormented'
drugs and crime
crime and drugs
suck the life
drain the soul
shred the person
sometimes called 'deprivation'
ymca hostel
mission to care
mission to support
mission to develop
sometimes called 'hope'
as thin as a rake
loud and screaming
tearful and down
always a name call
always my name
sometimes called 'erratic'
drugs on
off drugs
relationships on
chemical relationship on
struggle to sustain
loved and hated
sometimes called 'dependent'
alone on her own
found on her own
died on her own
lay still on her own
only chemical friends
sometimes called 'overdose'
tears of the crowd
loss in community
death lurks us all
quiet at last
tears run silent
sobs rack deep
world loses a character
sometimes called 'bereavement'
how do I feel
the feelings are deep
she was driving blind
foot on disaster
hard as nails
fragile and bruised
beautifully broken
sometimes called 'love'
creator loved
creator loves
precious child
valuable life
loss loss loss
sometimes called 'a waste'
never lived
only survived
we need to care
in life
before death
we need to love
more-so the broken
more-so the damaged
more-so when it's impossible
more-so before it is too late
sometimes called 'reflective learning'
let these little ones
come to me
of such
is
the kingdom of heaven
the master said
the master repeats
now
when it matters
he retains the loving
continues the loving
the creator of love
keeps showing us
teaching us
demonstrating to us
sometimes called
'eternal love
everlasting love
to a person
for a person
we will remember eternally and everlasting'
pip wilson
She was found dead on Easter Day.
The imagination is sometimes regarded as a bogus gift of God.
We extol it in children yet suspect it in adults.
Here the case is made for it being an essential element for a lively faith
and satisfying life.
More outrageous perhaps is the claim that you can’t understand the Bible without it.
CD £4.50 / MP3 £3.50
Here's some more lineup announcements for Greenbelt 2011, with the final Mainstage headliner, and a few more names to encourage you to purchase your ticket. Don't forget, you can get 20% off your ticket if you book before the 30th of April – you've got one week to make the most of this amazing offer! [...]
