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December 19th, 2011
07:41 am - Christmas poetry read by Sheila Hancock
A friend just emailed me this morning to say she heard Sheila Hancock reading UA Fanthorpe's Christmas poems on Radio 4, and recommended I listen online. I haven't heard that program yet, but I thought that's something poetry lovers on my f-list might like. BC:AD is an example of UA Fanthorpe's Christmas writing:
This was the moment when Before
Turned into After, and the future's
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
This was the moment when nothing
Happened. Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.
This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.
It's a fairly mainstream religious poem. My friend is a Quaker, and she tells me Shelia Hancock is too. I saw Hancock in the Young Adult drama Just Henry last night, where she played Henry's grandma. She reminded me of my own grandma - proud and courageous and a bit inflexible.
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![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/101464773/904887) | | From: |  tehomet |
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| Date: | December 28th, 2011 10:27 pm (UTC) |
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Thanks for this. I don't like that poem in particular but I appreciate the chance to read it and your poetry-postings in general.
Yeah, I believe SH is a Quaker. |
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