The Cross Corona and Other Poems

The title proposed for the book of poems is the *THE CROSS CORONA

AND OTHER POEMS*

This book contains seventeen poems. About fourteen of them are

religious ones while the rest are of a general nature. The poems THE

ENEMY WITHIN, ASKING FOR THE SPECIAL G and GROUND ZERO

are introspective in nature and speak about envy, gratitude and humility

respectively.

SIN AND THE SAVIOUR and A VOLATILE MIX warn the reader of the

dangers of sin.

The sensitivity of the poet for those suffering in different situations

can be seen in the poems THE CALL OF THE FATHER, DREAMS FOR A

DAUGHTER DEAR and UNDER HIS WINGS.

The expression of the poet's gratitude for God's goodness

and intervention are seen in the poems BREAKFAST TIME

UNSHACKLED, PEACE OF GOD and THE RISING SUN.

THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CROSS deals with the corporate and

personal aspects of the cross related to the recent pandemic.

The rest of the poems ate reflections on a variety of themes

like ingratitude, faith and reason, wisdom and silence in the poems

PASSING INTO NOTHINGNESS, THE TWIN BLESSINGS OF THE

CREATOR, THE WAY OF WISDOM and SILENCE IS GOLD respectively

Finally, the poem HAVE LOTS, WILL SPEAK shows how lots can be used

as a method of selecting leaders and the importance of listening to

God's word in doing what is right .