Religious Holiday Poems

EASTER BUNNIES

Maybe at their Easter celebrations
Monks may wear them, never me
I am not one for a religious habit
Long ears and fluff go down well
Playboys all...

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In Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Kefar Chabad
     everywhere, little huts, though no sod
  Miniature tabernacles, laden with flowers
   ...

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Whether the work-load is manual or high-tech exercises; 
Whether it taxes our brain, leaving us without answers;
Or dirties our entire body with dirt, dust, and...

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The holiday’s at sunset
So the afternoon before
Is time for eating food
We won’t be eating anymore.

No bread or beer or pasta -
Not a bagel for a...

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New Year's Eve 2022

Yours truly riddled with social anxiety,
hence (billy me) he will idle away
December 31st, 2022 
sequestered (with the missus) 
hunkered down in his...

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As our Lord was resurrected 
He left behind symbols of the torture to which He was subjected 
To remind us of his sacrifice 
With the...

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Tonight I’ll light some candles
For some people who have died,
A custom on the holiday
To which I will abide.

I’m not religious, but, to me,
A ritual like...

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Reborn here now without baggage,                    ...

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Born to search,
Born to seek,
Born to help,
The mild and meek.

Born to rule,
Born to lead,
Born to show, 
We can be freed.

Born to Mary,
Born to atone,
Born to...

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Novice shadows cross a molten Moon
Just to discover the rising Sun.
Varying hues of burgundy soon
Emerge and layer patterns that stun.
Marbled marquise clusters of low light,
Bejeweled...

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I’m not at all religious
But when holidays roll ‘round,
I follow the traditions
To which I have long been bound.

I cook and bake the recipes
Passed down from...

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G’mar chatima tova.
Forgive me if I stumble 
across the unfamiliar words.

We are not so different.
Each strives to do more good 
than bad; at least to...

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In Mexico there are no aliens with visas
If you listen carefully earthquakes whisper 
A carriage lumbers along on 3 square wheels
With sounds known only to...

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Daniel                        ...

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We did not gather on this day,
No one was asked to sing or pray,
No candles lit, no Easter dress,
No cleaning up the children's mess,
There was...

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