Monthly Archives: March 2013

Letter from JC on Second Coming

Posted on March 23, 2013 by johnbrucecairns

Why shouldn’t I come from Richmond? Origen explains first time around JC had to come where he would be expected, where people believed in a creator god whose son would come as a man to lead them. (It was their … Continue reading →

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Poems

Posted on March 23, 2013 by johnbrucecairns

My publisher sent me three copies of the book my poems were in, Sacrum Regnum II by Hieroglyphic Press. That pleased me. I skipped to see and at a glance saw one was omitted and over another Horatian was misspelt. … Continue reading →

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Phone Saga

Posted on March 11, 2013 by johnbrucecairns

The spin dryer wouldn’t work. I went to Currys. I could have a spin dryer delivered. On the brink of completing the order, a phone no was required. “I don’t have a phone.” I don’t have a car either. “If … Continue reading →

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Letter from JC in Response to a Second Coming

Posted on March 9, 2013 by johnbrucecairns

I should really give the version as published in the Richmond and Twickenham Times but that’d involve cutting, scanning and the vagaries of transferring, taking up time, so I’m giving the original: Dear Sir Stephen’s right, again: God and the … Continue reading →

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Bald

Posted on March 6, 2013 by johnbrucecairns

James’ bald head is on my mind, which I suppose is appropriate. Since he threw it into the ring, I’ve felt some emollient should be applied without rubbing it in. Does anybody have a silver platter? I feel a dance … Continue reading →

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