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James Chapple of Bodmin Gaol

James Chapple of Bodmin Gaol

by Godfrey J. Ellis – November 2002 This poem shares my shifting impressions upon visiting the Bodmin Gaol (Jail).  There, I experienced an unexpected roller-coaster of conflicting feelings about my distant ancestor, James Chapple. Chest swelling, Button popping, Rightful heir, Spirits high. Entering Bodmin Jail, Gaol – Gee! Old and lofty prison, Bastion, tall and […]

Reflections on Deity

by Godfrey J. Ellis — Sep 2020 Below is a three-line free-verse poem that I wrote.  It’s very short and you have to think about the meaning of each line.  I hope it will mean something to you; it means something to me.  Heavenly Father… A father …in Heaven! A …“father”!

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic 1994 This painting was based on a photo in the Geo magazine [a kind of National Geographic in French].  Godfrey started the picture while we were still floating on the canals of Alsace-Lorraine in the east of France in the summer of 1994.  The Geo photo was dramatic […]

Herding Horses

Herding Horses

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 15×30 acrylic 1990 A National Geographic Magazine in 1990 contained this 1-inch by 4-inch photo.  Merry and I fell in love with it, but it was tiny, tiny.  How could we have a frameable copy? Enlarging it just blurred and pixelated it. I decided that the only way we could […]

Translucent Wave

Translucent Wave

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Oil 1990 I had not painted for 13 years when I painted this seascape.  My life had been consumed with finishing my PhD, helping to raise a family of four boys, and fulfilling numerous Church assignments.  I was also establishing my career as a professor at both Oklahoma State […]