Rogue rabbit
...Here's a tale of a Rogue Rabbit,
Met a hoodie paschal hermit,
She overcame all her fears,
She munched him, from toes to ears,
Ate the lot, begone, foul furry git!...
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Categories:
paschal, character, christian, easter, giggle,
Form: Limerick
Symbols for the Ancients and Us
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Shecht and eat the Paschal lamb
Destroy the ‘no-gods’ of Canaan and Ham
Break the middle matzo, hide half away
Harbinger of a now-hidden day
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Categories:
paschal, history, holiday, jewish, symbolism,
Form: Couplet
A Paschal Praise
...The Christ descended from His Father’s throne;
In dying on the cross, He conquered Hell.
Then He rolled away His sepulchral stone;
The sting of death would no longer prevail.
A glorious word of g...
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Categories:
paschal, bible, christian, easter, faith,
Form: Dizain
THE HERMIT CRAB
...-Let's see Cortinario with fattened foot
If you answer me, who says
To everyone who sees him:
If my mouth opens
You'll open too.
Clytocibe: -The Flycatcher
From the Cathedral of Burgos.
-Very ...
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Categories:
paschal, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Rap Up Passover
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~ Rapid Rap-style Chant ~
Pass over, Pass over, pass out
Pass over, Pass over, pass out
Drink the four cups of wine
Now your eyes don’t align
Pass over, Pass over, pass ou...
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Categories:
paschal, fun, holiday, humor, jewish,
Form: Lyric
Easter
...Easter
Anointed Eternity
Rises up above the paschal dawn
Heaven’s wounded Prince returns to outshine glory
As the sun blushes – witness to His splendor –
Waters from His wounded side christen ...
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Categories:
paschal, easter, jesus, joy, life,
Form: Free verse
Baptismal effects
...Immersed in His Paschal Mystery
our Original Sin is --history!
Divine Power comes forth from His Heart
Giving sanctification a start
Now alive in Christ, but dead to sin
'cause death no long...
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Categories:
paschal, baptism, death, heart, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
The Hereafter
...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 belief that they will suffice
What symbols are these you ask...
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Categories:
paschal, christian, devotion, easter, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Take Me To Nirvana
...Candles have been lit in a room of seventy-two
my yoga mat is weaved from recycled flexi-jute
I am a wisp of silence in this doctrine old and new
seated in my soul, I am rendered mute ...
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Categories:
paschal, appreciation, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Music of My Soul
...Music of My Soul
The earth ever composes mystical arias for me
That taste the splendor in thunder’s profusion,
Then touch the silent metronomes of lyric waves free
To hypnotize my pulse in mov...
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Categories:
paschal, earth,
Form: Rondeau Redouble
Earth Music
...Earth Music
The earth ever composes mystical arias for me
That taste the splendor of rolling thunder,
To touch the silent metronomes of lyric waves
That hypnotize my presto pulse in movements ...
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Categories:
paschal, earth, music,
Form: Free verse
Amusan's Tears
...Amusan's Tears
Amusan's tears says something,
That thing is very far from nothing.
First, it was an infectious smile,
Later, it became tears from a mile.
This tears goes beyond the victory...
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Categories:
paschal, africa, america, change, dream,
Form: Rhyme
History's Greatest Miracle Play
...History’s Greatest Miracle Play
Let me tell you a story - Prologue
Actors gather to play their parts
To set the stage – backdrops and props –
In history’s greatest miracle play
Called to spe...
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Categories:
paschal, jesus,
Form: Narrative
Easter Sunday
...EASTER SUNDAY
Spring goddess Eostre--Astarte--Ishtar
Hares, rabbits--Middle Eastern pagan Spring
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Categories:
paschal, celebration, easter,
Form: Free verse
Shamrock Reflections
...Roads rising up from Irish mists in merry jigs
To the flowing tenor song
Sung by the River Boyne born from Tara's Keep
As Patrick's paschal fire
Weaves truth from stones of blarney
And lucky cha...
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Categories:
paschal, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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