Christian Easter Poems

When thoughts like flames consumed my heart,
It set me ablaze to look at the start.
The day when He created Eden and set man to rule...

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If the disciples hadn't encountered Him,
--Risen-- three days after He had died--

They wouldn't have given their lives
--for Him! Wouldn't even have tried.

They didn't suggest they'd...

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I howl with wolves I’ll be back somehow
My heart bruised like the sky that hour before sunrise
When sparrows find yoke in the universe
But blossom as...

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Christians once sacrificed their own, 
To the God of Love, like pagans known, 
Burning heretics, they claimed divine, 
Killing their own in a holy shrine.

Those...

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In this beautiful place of worship, the pews are padded but uncomfortable, the sanctuary large, candle lit and cold.

There's a huge glass dome and I...

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            SPIRITS OF EASTERS PAST
 
On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate
Christ rising from the dead.
I...

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          Love remains
             when...

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Ever since I met Jesus Christ
I never stopped thinking of him
every morning when I wake up
I always tell him good morning
and say good night to...

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Whether you believe or not, Jesus died for our sins. His death is a fact from history. His intention is a fact from history. 

How...

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A
young lad,
apprenticed
and learning the
trade-
holds
steady
his candle-
a light into his
world.


an ekphrasis after Georges de la Tour's painting 
...

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This dolorous day, my Lord,
You won't be marching alone, onto
Your crucifixion

For

The entirety of the Christian world,
Is marching on with You because of
Its conviction.







 © Demetrios...

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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...

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No Hope?

A body pierced, nail-torn, and bruised,
be-fouled with blood and sweat,
all that remained of him whom Joseph loved,
conclusion of a story
filled so recently with hope.

No...

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I rise from deep within the earth
out of pressured lavas

I rise above the level into
breathable realms

I rise following the risen
He who set my path and
monitors...

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