~Happy Easter/Spring/Passover/New Beginnings~
In honor of the turning of the season and the welcoming of a time of fertility, blossoming, and growth this week's selection of sacred poetry comes from multiple backgrounds but each is running over with Joy and Love in the poetic song it sings. Blessings this Spring to you on all your new beginnings. May you find Love and Peace in your Heart as we all continue to grow together.
Monday Sacred Poetry Share
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Follow me to the distant hill
Listen to the sounds of the whip' o' will
Birch trees budding, Spring has come
The Cailleach's season now is done
Ostara walks this fecund land
Lambs are birthing, fed by hand
Flowers bloom, the air smells sweet
Wheat is growing, there's bread to eat
Children chase the Mad March Hare
Follow the clues to the eggs in his lair
Painted eggs, chocolate, & buns
Sticky, iced and hot cross ones
This is a time for new beginnings
Planting bulbs and tending seedlings
A time when we discover anew
The love the Goddess has for me and you.
~Leslie Lightbody~
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And the sign sings
and sky is key
to knowing the Will
that moves him and lends
grace to spirit
and mercy to power
to rectify action,
Kingdom now foremost
and the teaching behind,
the teaching foremost
and Kingdom behind:
and the letter, vowels,
and song reveal
the mystery of Blood...
~from The Book of the Sign~
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Easter Exultet
Shake out your qualms.
Shake up your dreams.
Deepen your roots.
Extend your branches.
Trust deep water
and head for the open,
even if your vision
shipwrecks you.
Quit your addiction
to sneer and complain.
Open a lookout.
Dance on a brink.
Run with your wildfire.
You are closer to glory
leaping an abyss
than upholstering a rut.
Not dawdling
Not doubting
Intrepid all the way
Walk toward clarity.
At every crossroad
Be prepared
to bump into wonder.
Only love prevails.
En route to disaster
insist on canticles.
Lift your ineffable
out of the mundane.
Nothing perishes;
nothing survives;
everything transforms!
Honeymoon with Big Joy!
~James Broughton~
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