Easter Bonnet
In your Easter Bonnet
You inspired a sonnet
Of fourteen lines with
Pre-fashioned rhymes
I'll read it to you
Or I'll sing it!
Or I'll sing it!
Mike O'Leary - April 2014
poetry in hands
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Easter
Easter
Bede, an English Christian scholar
In his treatise, 'De Temporum Ratione' *
Said that 'Easter' derived from Eostre
Earth Mother, Pagan Goddess of the North
Spring, did lambs bring to existence
Gambol turned to gamble, sacrifice
Blood, once spilled upon the altar
No longer need be, to alter your life
Death, rebirth and renewal
Final sacrifice, atonement, redeemed
The route offered, back to Eden
Clean slate, cleansed heart, new life
Mike O'Leary - April 2012
* The Reckoning of Time - The Venerable Bede
Spring, did lambs bring to existence
Gambol turned to gamble, sacrifice
Blood, once spilled upon the altar
No longer need be, to alter your life
Death, rebirth and renewal
Final sacrifice, atonement, redeemed
The route offered, back to Eden
Clean slate, cleansed heart, new life
Mike O'Leary - April 2012
* The Reckoning of Time - The Venerable Bede
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