Memory Easter Poems

Tetelestai—“It is finished”—may be the most significant word ever uttered across the stratosphere. The single most important statement in all of human history. Spoken by...

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Rise Up
ryes on the rise
with soothing flours
and Spring flowers
Rise Up
with handfuls
of caraway seeds
at Winters End
all your cares will cease
Rise up
ryes on the rise
the aroma of...

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Sweeter than Sweets
                      ...

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Let me tell you a story...

It has not happened often in our neck of the woods;
I can remember only one time we've had snow on...

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As our family gathered for Easter…within a few minutes…in my brain…a memory was jarred…of our children and grandchildren searching for eggs the Easter Bunny had...

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In a world fraught with peril…when we sometimes find it hard to cope
Easter arrives to remind us…there is always room for hope.

Hope for a better...

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I asked him plainly if I was the one, and he said, "Yes".
He knew I was the one, and yet he did not cast me...

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Priest’s Palette
 
Looking in the mirror over the sun visor of our nine passenger 1959 Ford station wagon, which we really need with six children,...

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into the wilderness haunted by ghost-towns 
And ancient bloodstains 
and lost history of scars 
we wander the borderlands 
between the weakening dreams 
and cities a...

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Where to start
together more than still apart?

On our enlightened circling parts
and empowering pyramid wholes
of strategic win/win choice

Triangulation mediated default
where Earth's survival is of greatest health...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Easter had come,
The Easter bunny had hidden the chocolate eggs in a basket.

Hid all the Easter treats and presents,
The conservation area was a good place...

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Easter Sunday 1959
We were sparklingly modern
Petticoats flounced down the sidewalk
Boys wearing dark suits with clip on ties

Brother was reluctant
My cousin and I were delighted
Loving our...

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EASTER SUNDAY

Everlasting memory on resurrection day,
April twenty first will be a red letter day,
So great is the grief and damage,
Tears welled up, happiness faded away,
Entire...

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I need a vacation
from vacation unbreaks.

Bad Friday
falls seven days after spring break begins,
Which is a break for some kids
and teachers without kids,
but not for grandpa...

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