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A Resurrection Poem by John Goodman
[Above: Imogen, c. 1888, by Herbert Gustave Schmalz] A Couplet from Shakespeare by John Goodman “Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.” – Cymbeline, act IV, scene ii Unless we place the corpse on ice, ‘til future science sets the price Of plus ultra; such that when the […]
Blast from the Past
[Ed. note: This poem, by our own choir member and vestryman John Goodman, was published on AdventBirmingham.org several years ago. It gets better every time I read it. – CWG] Epiphany by John Goodman How could they have known not to come On what amounted to pretense? Everything Their learning held, all their beliefs Said […]