Poem for the 19th Sunday after Trinity

Today’s poem is Turning Fifty by Judith Wright, 1915-2000.

The Australian poet Judith Wright was also an uncompromising environmentalist and social activist campaigning for Aboriginal land rights.

I include this poem for all hard working, socially aware young women turning fifty just now, including our youngest daughter. They may be at  the most pressurised time of their lives.  Their children may be in their testing teen age years.  Their parents may be ageing and needy.  They will have been through a lot in their lives by now but they themselves may be rather less resilient.  For them, as for everyone, there will be the demands and uncertainty by being in the middle of a world wide pandemic.

There is a lovely touch of bright hope at the end of this poem as she raises her cup to the “new sun”.  Let’s pray for the Son to shine brightly in dark times. 

Tina Lamb