Vaughan’s “Palm Sunday” draws its energy from spring growth.
Tag Archives: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, The Donkey’s POV
Mary Oliver celebrates Palm Sonday with “The Poet Thinks about a Donkey.” She make take her inspiration from Chesterton’s “The Donkey.”
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Join in the Joyful Symphony
Two Palm Sunday poems, by Lucille Clifton and Henry Vaughan, emphasize the vegetation imagery.
Caught Up in the Singing
Palm Sunday Anglican priest and poet Malcolm Guite is the author of many wondrous lyrics, including “Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year” found in Sounding the Season (Canterbury 2012). “Palm Sunday” captures something I’ve always noticed but never fully grasped—that days before the trauma of Good Friday, there’s a moment of euphoria that seems to […]
Dear Feast of Palms, of Flowers and Dew
Henry Vaughan’s “Palm Sunday” looks to palms, flowers, and palm-strewing children for Easter hope.
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the dance of Jesus music holds the air
These Lucille Clifton poems usher us from Lent into Easter.
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Palms before My Feet
This Chesterton poems recounts Palm Sunday from the donkey’s point of view.
