“Keening for the Dawn” … again (further Advent reflections on Steve Bell’s title cut from his new album, Keening for the Dawn: Christmastide) by Brian Walsh I’m still struck by the keening.
What Michael Ignatieff Should Have Said by Brian Walsh Political discourse is almost never humble and gracious.
Lament with a Purpose by Andrew Stephens-Rennie And laments have a purpose, and laments have a cost A requiem playing that gathers the lost It sometimes tastes sour, this sweetness of hope When the blizzards are raging on this lovers slope Yet I don’t want to freeze, inside or out For it’s you that dissolves the cold walls of doubt – Martyn Joseph, “Turn Me Tender” from the album Deep Blue Tonight is a night for laments.
A Christmas Lament by Brian J. Walsh I know, I know, Christmas is all about good feelings, family, magnaminity towards the less fortunate, etc.,