WEIGHTY ISSUES
As Lucy planned her wedding
She knew she must lose weight
If she was to wear a wedding gown
And fit through the old church gate.
Quite a catch was Trevor Ball
She’d do anything to keep him
Even if that meant dieting
And joining the local man-gym.
The Snickers were so tempting
Turkish Delight made her nearly give in
But to stop her from the gorging
She simply thought of him.
Eating out was a nightmare
He laughed and told her to eat
She only picked at the potatoes
Ate little of the well-cooked meat.
The aroma from the bakery
From buns and still-warm pie
Was a huge temptation
But she just walked on by.
The chip shop nearly killed her
How she wanted those hot, hot chips
She consoled herself with fat-free snacks
And admired her newly-found hips.
Finally she reached her goal
And became a size fourteen
The wedding only a week away
She was going to look like a queen.
Left waiting at the altar,
The best man delivered the blow
Trevor had eloped with the bakery girl
An attractive size twenty four.
Catherine Shaw, Leadgate, Consett
EASTER
Dark was the road he travelled,
Heavy the tree on his back,
Bared by the whip’s severe lashes,
Blood from the thorns on his beck.
Harsh were the words of the people
Who shook their heads at him and spat
But the thief on one side recognised him
“Today you will be where I am”.
Three hours the darkness descended
When he paid for the sin of the world
Then he carefully gave up his Spirit
The devil defeated now stood.
But light was the garden,
Dispersed was the gloom,
Raised was the body,
That had lain in the tomb.
Flowers were blooming,
The gardener was sought,
Appeared unto Mary,
Who was distraught.
“Oh where have you laid him,
where taken away?”
“He is risen as foretold,
On this the third day.
Go tell my disciples, Peter and John,
In a room in Jerusalem, you’ll see me anon.
I go to my father, take this gospel all round.
Remember in me only, Can salvation be found”
Mrs D Ridley, Frosterley
EASTER
Eggs and ducks and days away
Now trivialise a special day
A time of mourning and of glory
All told in the Easter story.
Christians of every shade
Need to write and take a stand
To fight rot and disintergration
And restore stability to the nation.
A Fisher
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