• De:versify – New Poetry
  • Welcome
  • About
  • Blog
  • Reviews and Comments
  • BORVO
  • Denagerie of Poems
  • The Reunion
  • Contact

Denny Bradbury Books

Denny Bradbury Books

Tag Archives: healer

The Power of Friendship

30 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by dennybradburybooks in Misc

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

community, Denny Bradbury, family, friendship, healer

friendFor Borvo, the bonds of family and friendship are the unbreakable ties that bring him back to his home, ten years after he left, and it is his families’ needs and his own sense of wanting to keep his family and friends safe and well that spurs him on to become the respected and revered healer within his community.

Friendship can weather many storms, and as the Lebanese-American poet, artist and writer, Kahlil Gibran, writes in his poem ‘Friendship:Ixx’:

“And a youth said, “Speak to us of Friendship.”

Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the “nay” in your own mind, nor do you withhold the “ay.”

And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;

For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;

For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.

If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.

For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

Despite Borvo’s friendship with Seofen being terribly strained when they were in Wales as Denny Bradbury writes in Chapter Twenty Three – Mercy – of Borvo II, their friendship “was only now regaining some of its camaraderie and, more importantly, its trust…..Their friendship had endured through the disagreement and the partings”.

King Alfred

17 Tuesday May 2011

Posted by dennybradburybooks in History

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

anglo saxon kings, Borvo, Denny Bradbury, healer, King Alfred, Winchester

King Alfred

By Sarah Hogan

Statue of King Alfred in Winchester - image by Ewen and Donabel

King Alfred, or Alfred the Great, ruled the House of Wessex for 18 years. He became King of Wessex in 871 and was the first King to call himself King of the Anglo Saxons.

His reign was full of battles with the Vikings, on land and sea. He defended southern parts of England from invasion from his base in Winchester. Winchester became more prominent under the Wessex kings, King Alfred was buried there and a statue of him can be found in the Hampshire town.

King Alfred is now a central character in a new book from Denny Bradbury, Borvo. It is set in Winchester and tells the story of a pagan boy who comes to the aid of the great King.

Learning and culture was said to be of great importance to King Alfred. It’s thought that he encouraged English to be used as a written language. Under his rule, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle was begun, a huge source of early English history.

King Alfred is also said to be the founder of the Royal Navy. It most likely did exist in some before him, but he took it upon himself to greatly improve ships and defences across the Wessex kingdom.

It’s recorded in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle that Alfred died in 901. Although that could not necessarily be true as many different scholars and sources contributed to the Chronicle. He was initially buried in Winchester Cathedral, but his remains were moved to Hyde Abbey in 1110. When Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536, the Abbey was demolished and his remains have never been found.

He is Elizabeth II’s 32nd great – grandfather.

King Alfred is known as the great Anglo Saxon ruler. In Borvo, Denny Bradbury explores how this eminent King needs help from a lowly pagan boy.

To find out more about Winchester Cathedral please click here.

To purchase one of Denny’s books please click on the images below or contact Denny directly at email denisebradbury@btinternet.com.
The Reunion Denagerie of Poems by Denny Bradbury

Subscribe

  • Entries (RSS)
  • Comments (RSS)

Archives

  • March 2021
  • January 2021
  • April 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • February 2019
  • September 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011

Categories

  • Denny's Diary
  • fairytales
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Literacy News
  • Misc
  • Poetry
  • Polls
  • Reviews

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in

Latest Tweets from Denny Bradbury Books

  • Rumi on Spring dennybradburybooks.com/2021/03/25/rum… 1 year ago
  • Happy New Year dennybradburybooks.com/2021/01/01/hap… 1 year ago
  • Freedom Lost – Freedom Gained dennybradburybooks.com/2020/04/20/fre… 2 years ago

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Denny Bradbury Books
    • Join 143 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Denny Bradbury Books
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...