Peter Lilly: Poems

  I'm honoured to announce that three of my poems have been published in Issue 4 of the ever-wonderful Paddler Press. Paddler Press is a print poetry & art magazine based in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Ontario, Canada. The aim to 'share the work of amazing creators with the world.' What I love about Paddler is how their appreciation for the beauty of language and the beauty of the natural world intermingle to produce deep and inspiring issues.  Two of my poems, 'Unfamiliar' and 'Harrowed' are from my series 'Poems and Sonnets for the End of Modernity', written out of reflections on how the COVID crisis has affected the current socio-cultural shift we are living through. Other poems from this series can be read in Ekstasis Magazine here and here , two poems featured in the Lothlorien Poetry Journal issue 7 and online here , owenbarfield.org , Agape Review , Radix Magazine , and Macrina Magazine . My third poem in this series 'Spring' is a

  I'm really pleased to announce that I have an article , which includes five poems, published in this months edition of Radix Magazine. This edition, and the last edition of Radix have been focussing on frontline work with vulnerable and destitute people, and my article was born from reflections of my five years working in frontline homelessness care for the UK charity New Hope.  The article is specifically aimed at Christian believers and aims at giving reasons why the revolutionary work of caring for the vulnerable and destitute is a very important part of Christian discipleship. Most of the five poems were written during my time in this work. The poem 'Absolution' has already appeared in the journal Heart of Flesh , and you can also see a video I made for another of the poems 'Agony' here . New Hope is a wonderful local homeless charity based in Watford, north-west of London. It provides a variety of emergency and supported accommodation as well as outreach and