Best Lent Poems

~ MY LOVE SHE'D LENT ~

I followed her where'er she went
Lured onward by her fragrant scent

She clasped his hand, a handsome gent
How could she know my love she'd lent

I died one thousand deaths inside
Choked back my tears with wounded pride

How long such anguish could I...

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Sacrifice
Deny self
Prayer, Penance, Almsgiving
Become one with Christ
Lent...

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The 
whale shark
carcass sinks-
the crabs end their
fast....

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I entered my little girl's room
To kiss her and tuck her into bed,
She replied, not just yet mommy
And this is what she said.

I have to talk to the pretty lady
Who comes to visit me each night,
She says she will take me with her
So I have...

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Christians have their Lent,
40 days of atonement,
sacrificing something of enjoyment.
When those 40 days of atonement comes to an end,
if you have not indulged once your sacrifice of enjoyment,
all of your past sins get forgiven.
Yom Kippur, now that's a deal I could sink my teeth in.
One...

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What will I give up
This year for Lent 
To honour my Saviour
Heaven sent

For mine has been 
A life of ease
With little conflict
Or disease

Despite these blessings 
I’m still prone to sin
And my devotion’s
Paper thin

Due to my pride
I’m greatly flawed 
I rely on myself
Instead of God

And so...

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However cheeky that sounds, that was the jolliest Lent of all times. All 31 times. Why not getting that? Wait a minute then, I'll rewrite that. That was the jolliest three months of all times. All 124 times....

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Lent is teaching me to re-order my loves. 
In the stillness of morning, with the early birdsong, I realise that in the absence of that which I gravitate to, the absence of the thing that brings physical comfort, there is a deeper desire, a deeper...

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I have given up for lent
Pate de fois gras
Lobster thermadore
And Beluga caviar
Well in a way 
I’ve never had them ever
But I won’t have them
Between now and Easter...

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Lent 

What does it mean?
To take the desert stance
Then walk this path
Of greatest resistance 

To tangle your heart
With the rocks and the snakes
To lie your head down
Where the deceiver wakes 

What is the point?
Of self-denial
To clear out the bitterness
Of the dark tempter's vial

To empty our...

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Ashes in the faces of Africans
some blowing from hands
Lent is here with us as sure deal

Food is playing hide and seek
water lives underground
dustbins are empty 
nocturnal animals share the fast

This is Lent without priests
no holy mass to be celebrated
no church-goers  to be active
but all...

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The season piques a deeper light:
Watch sorrow speak of reform right.


Heed then the thought of turning back:
Purge then vain plots waylaid by slack.


Forge a new will to let love heal,
Set heart to heal odd flaws that kill.


The journey here is fraught with pain,
A new hope...

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Lent

Malasada* Day was merrily spent
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras - many names are given
To this final day before the season of Lent
When around the world Christians are shriven.

Now, "Dust thou art, unto dust thou shalt return"
Are words that are solemnly spoken
As with prayer and fasting people...

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A day of prayer and fasting 
To show the Lord our love is everlasting
We promise to sacrifice a luxury or a pleasure during Lent 
It is forty days well spent 
We will not partake in what we sacrifice until Eastertide 
Hold on, we are in...

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Girls Gone Wild
Careful, you may just have a child 
Drugs and alcohol plague the alleyway 
Stay away as there is a price to pay
Is the meaning of Mardi Gras to go buck wild
Let’s look and see if it’s been defiled 

It started as a custom...

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