Salome by Carol Ann Duffy I’d done it before (and doubtless I’ll do it again, sooner or later) woke up with a head on the pillow beside me – whose? – what did it matter? Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes,Continue reading “Heads you Win… more on the Feast Day of St John the Baptist”
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24th June – The Feast day of Saint John The Baptist…
Salome’s name in Hebrew is Shalomit, [ or Shalom] which means ‘peace’. Ah! thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan. Well! I will kiss it now. I will bite it with my teeth as one bites a ripe fruit. Yes, I will kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan. I said it; did I notContinue reading “24th June – The Feast day of Saint John The Baptist…”
September 19th – Our Lady of the Silver Foot, Toul in Lorraine, France (1284)
The Harlot’s House We caught the tread of dancing feet, We loitered down the moonlit street, And stopped beneath the harlot’s house. Inside, above the din and fray, We heard the loud musicians play The ‘Treues Liebes Herz’ of Strauss. Like strange mechanical grotesques, Making fantastic arabesques, The shadows raced across the blind. We watchedContinue reading “September 19th – Our Lady of the Silver Foot, Toul in Lorraine, France (1284)”
The Delightful Mrs P 