I posted this but it didnt come round; I'm trying it with a different
heading in case it got blocked in the security systems!
on 20/11/03 8:07 am, Sally Evans at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> Sedgefield
>
> "It's not every day the world's most powerful man comes to your village"
> - shop assistant, Sedgefield.
>
> On the flat Durham plain,
> a halt on the long road to Scotland,
> littered by coalmines, deceased,
> and the ancient small farms
> handed down from son to only son -
> a village with a racecourse
> a lunatic assylum
> and Easter greenness growing
> violets, primrose, oak and brambles.
> First, Shrove Tuesday's football scramble,
> rough as the farm lads, tough
> as winners - as those who held on
> to poorer properties, till the age
> of zip and jet, email,
> motorway, horrible bomb.
> Ask this question of Sedgefield -
> Who is the most powerful man?
>
> Sally Evans
on 18/11/03 7:26 pm, Gary Blankenship at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Can God be near when malice lurks
> throughout the world He made;
> when every generation sees
> its innocents betrayed?
>
> David, good work, a fine tribute. Wish I could answer Yes, but these days I
> find it difficult to see anything other than chaos.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gary
>
>
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