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Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis.

They are Salvation Army officers.
Margaret is a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician.

They have served in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. Now, in retirement, they live in Bromley, in southeast London.

Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family mean a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.

Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their faith and experiences.


Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.

Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.

TheduPs.com is an AnswerTips-enabled site. This means that visitors can get fast facts provided by Answers.com when they double-click on any word. AnswerTips deliver instant definitions and explanations to those who wish to explore meanings a little more fully.


 

Here is Paul's most recent poem:

 

 

 
The Wilderness Print E-mail
April 2009
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Away from the pomp and circumstance of state
High society seated in pecking order
Alone in solitary confinement.
 
Sample the wild flowers of random
Away from the planted gardens of order
Crinoline skirts bouncing and bumping
Alone in meditation.
 
Finger the earth and granules of sand
Away from the pebbled paths of construction
Brandishing political swords
Alone and back to basics.
 
Find the Creator behind the hedge
Away from the chapel of routine liturgy
Opening the book to the office of the day
Alone in closer communion.


On visiting the wilderness in the gardens of Ham House, London.
 
April 2009

Click here for more photographs of Ham House