We Carry the Cave

By Bill Jenkins

Bill Jenkins, who spent his childhood in a small fishing in the north of Scotland, believes that the every day life of human beings is fascinating and he continues as a poetic explorer to search for gems in his own experience, the experience of others, and increasingly in the natural world in the hills around Perth, Western Australia, where he h

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debbie Lee
• Release date: Sep 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781760416126

Bill Jenkins

Bill Jenkins is a retired pastor and teacher who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Greenville University, and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He pastored churches in Texas and spent three summers as an exchange pastor in England. He has compiled two other works, A Pastor Ponders and Daddy’s Pulpit. Bill and his wife, Loretta, have four children, eight grandchildren, and live in Georgetown, Texas.

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We Carry the Cave

We Carry the Cave

Bill Jenkins

Ginninderra Press

We Carry the Cave

ISBN 978 1 76041 612 6

Copyright © text Bill Jenkins 2018

Cover photo: Campfire – Stirling Ranges National Park, by Jesse

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First published 2018 by

Ginninderra Press

PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015 Australia

www.ginninderrapress.com.au

Contents

Preface

We Carry the Cave

For my wife, Heather,

our children,

Alex, Hugo and Cleo,

and our grandchildren,

lsabella, lsaac,

Wolfgang and Stirling

Preface

Recently, while giving a talk at the Melbourne Savage Club, the question ‘Does poetry matter?’ was raised. This book concerns one reason why poetry matters, in a personal sense.

Like other human activities – such as art, sculpture, writing, sport, dance, gardening and so on – poetry is an expression of the self. We reveal who we are through what we do, what we produce. Some activities are of course more revealing than others! It is also true that some poetry is more revealing than other poetry.

My poetry is very personal; it is driven by and reflects my interests and my personal experience. It is a vehicle for my identity and provides an indirect, yet discernible self portrait.

When I was about three years old, my Scottish maternal