The Bells of St. Deiniol’s

Well, can you tell I’m on a ‘bell’ run? I met a woman here at Gladstone’s Library who began following my blog and sent me this link about the bells of St. Deiniol’s. I thought others of you might find it interesting. So check this out for a good picture of the church and more than you probably want to know about bells – how they’re made, how they’re rung, how they’re inscribed – and on and on! It’s worth a read. St. Deiniol’s Bells, Hawarden

Then I thought a poem on bells would be nice. Bell ringing just seems to be a kind of poetry in tone. At least that is how last night’s bells sounded here in Hawarden, Wales. So I did what any self-respecting bell poem researching blogger would do – I googled :)! And I found this poem by Wayne Visser of London. It was on his blog and was first posted in June, 2010. I give him full credit and encourage all interested readers to check out his website. Wayne Visser website

Let Bells Ring Out

There are bells for weddings, bells for births
And bells for calls to prayer
There are bells for mourning, bells for mirth
And bells for freedom’s dare

There are bells for fire, bells for floods
And bells for threatened shores
There are bells for silence, bells that thud
And bells for music scores

So why no bells for Nature’s ways
No bells for dusk or dawn?
Why no bells for dying days
No bells for breaking morn?

And why no bells for summer sun
No bells for winter moon?
Why no bells when autumn’s come
No bells for springtime bloom?

Let bells ring out for living things
All creatures small and great
Let bells ring out: with beating wings
Our messengers of fate

Let bells ring out from mountain peaks
And toll from valleys low
Let bells ring out: Creation speaks
And all the world should know.

Creative Commons 2010
by Wayne Visser

And, finally, a picture of St. Deiniol’s steeple from my bedroom window through the morning mist and the trees.