My dear friend, the late John Warner, fellow-priest, travelled from Perth to Busselton to sit with other poets before the stained-glass windows of Saint Mary’s Church.
We were to be inspired by the windows to create original poetry. From the Heart of Busselton was published in 2013, with photos of the windows by Enya Warfield and Wendy Slee, accompanying the works by 11 of the poets.
Canon Warner’s poem, A Wicker Cage, was inspired by a detail in the window of the Presentation (image above). The poet expresses pity for the two doves (in the wicker cage) that had to be sacrificed for the freedom of Jesus – and of Simeon and Anna.
This Feast of the Presentation, February 2, 2026, enjoy John’s poem.
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