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    Seven Poems for Easter
    Seven Poems for Easter
    Seven Poems for Easter
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    Seven Poems for Easter

    By Malcolm Potter

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    With a developed sense of our poetic imagination we explore the themes of Holy Week which lead up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The crucifixion, the realm of the dead, the resurrection; all may seem playful and post-modern: but our poetic imagination draws us deeper - toward the centre of immensities.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMalcolm Potter
    Release dateMar 4, 2013
    ISBN9781301677542
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      Seven Poems for Easter - Malcolm Potter

      SEVEN POEMS FOR EASTER

      By Malcolm Potter

      Copyright 2013 Malcolm Potter

      Smashwords Edition

      ALL rights reserved

      CONTENTS

      PALM SUNDAY

      THE LAST SUPPER

      FOOT WASHING

      THE VINE

      GOOD FRIDAY

      HE DESCENDED TO THE DEAD

      RESURRECTION

      PALM SUNDAY

      (John 12: 12-19)

      I was home with the kids when the rabbi came down.

      He was gone before I knew that he’d been.

      The wife saw it all near the eastern gate.

      The most amazing thing I’d never seen,

      Said she -

      To me.

      As the prophet rode down from Bethany.

      He was cool as cool when I saw him pass,

      Into Passover Jerusalem on a borrowed ass.

      And the crowds

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