Best Passover Poems

Refresh, Revive, Rejuvenate
  at the Passover Seders
    Festival of Freedom
  followed by the peace of the Sabbath

Three days to pause, to tell the story
  to delve into its myriad meanings
this year, all within the immediate family unit
  with...

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The season of the 
    seder 
is 
almost 
upon 
us 
We will be filled with joy 
when we imbibe 
the four cups of wine 
   The mighty Red Sea 
parted for Moses and the Israelites 
as they move forward 
with...

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Tonight we’ll sit around the table
While we’re reminiscing
Both about the Israelites
And those whom we are missing.

Every Seder takes me back
To those when I was young.
I can hear my Zadie’s voice,
The Hebrew that was sung.

I can taste my Nana’s sponge cake
And gefilte fish,
So much love invested...

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Wine, bread, bitter herbs
Blood, body, sin, suffering
This is Passover
in old and new Testaments
Love means Sacrifice
(c)Anil Deo, 11 April 2017


Shalom shalom, Happy Passover to all Jews and Christians. During Passover Jesus instituted the Holy Communion summed up in "unleavened bread & wine."
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF...

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The years have 
    come and gone 
  and we are gathered here 
          today 
to celebrate the 
   end of our enslavement 
    We can only...

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 7/5 trochee 

Patience needed, watch the scene.
nature’s curtains pull.
Terra’s headed straight between
Sol and Luna full.

Luna fades on scheduled track,
sudden redness brims.
Luna looks at Terra's black, 
glowing halo rim.


written 4 April 2015
recounting the lunar eclipse which occurred
during Jewish Passover, this Saturday morning.

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To the Hill of the Skull,
Jesus was led,
our Passover Lamb,
whose blood must be shed.

To atone for our sin,
the Sinless One came,
to take upon Himself,
our punishment and shame.

Nailed to a cross,
He fulfilled God's plan,
to procure salvation,
for every child, woman, man.

Darkness descended,
as God turned His face,
away from...

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The plates are ready
and the meal is about to be served
The Heady wine of Dorwinion   
    will be drunk here
Feeling festive 
    the dwarves begin to chant 
       in Hebraic tones
Passover...

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The Passover Lamb

The dawning of the Passover Day in Jerusalem
had only just begun
but a conspiracy and deceitful lies
filled the city that day about the Father’s only son.

It was true there was more than just chatter
as mockery it to filled the air that day
and while Roman...

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Soon enough we will gather
for the festive meal 
   We will tell the tale 
  of the liberation of the Hebrew slaves 
We will drink wine,
    sing and enjoy 
   This festival comes 
once a year 
...

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Alright, you guys, it's 'Passover-Seder-time!'
  First we party -- Drink a whole glass of wine.

Wait, wait, wait.  Back-up.  We gotta tell the story:
  Ask all those questions; Describe God in all His glory.

Hey, hey, story's over.  It's time for the...

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sun shines splendorous
in the Passover morning
As resurrection 














3-20-2016...

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I've called you here to break with me this bread,
to drink sweet wine and eat of peppered cod
None here a servant, each a friend, instead

Find on this board the boundless love of God
Come! Sit beside me now and eat thy fill, 
while I wash from...

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(From the musical "On Eagles' Wings." This is the lullaby for Passover night.)

Mother 1:
Be still, my child, go to sleep
The night is dark, but dreams are sweet
My child, take rest from fear and dread
And relish all your dreams instead

Though life is harsh, your dreams can...

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On a humble donkey he once rode
Thunderous crowds by the road
Liberation they craved or
A salvation he gave forth

He rides into Jerusalem once more
With no glare from two thousand years ago
Fear has pulled back praisers out of his path
There was no red carpet but marks of...

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