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April 10, 2017 The Sunday Whirl #295 - Sunday's Whirligig - Poets United Poets Pantry / Easter
EASTER
it is morning i listen for your call the world is waking
a new day is born a day of celebration a moveable feast
people followed the patterns of nature the equinoxes & the solstices are sacred
the amount of day & night are similar easter a celebration of new life
& relief from the cold yesterday from my bedroom window
i saw two bunnies in the sage i always wondered where that idea came from
spring the time of renewed life after the chill of winter eggs became the symbol
often we have forgotten the origin the idea of the easter bunny & decorated eggs
by themselves seem insane rabbits & hares were associated with the goddess eostre
children hunting for colorful eggs rolling across the lawn who has most
April 10,2017
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I just declined an invitation to Easter Dinner. Many similar thoughts rolled through my head, at the moment. Perhaps, replacing its original meaning with bunny rabbits, colored eggs, and baskets filled with chocolate, allows us to forget our desperate need to be forgiven?
Elizabeth
I remember Easter egg hunts when my kids were young. Such fun. Sigh. Today I shall get an ice cream cone as a nod to the day. Smiles.
So true...when you think about it! Makes me wonder how these traditions connected with Easter got started. I remember having to search for my Easter basket in our house though...and that was kind of fun! Happy Easter, Anell.
This is beautifully written. Happy Easter, Annell :)
a wonderful sketch of the Awakening...
It all does seem quite mad, doesn't it, what we have done to this most sacred of Christian holidays. One wonders ....
Our family still have Easter egg hunts or a little test before to see who get first pick of the pile of eggs everyone has contributed to. Strange how the children normally get to pick first!
I think you've covered it thoroughly!
What would Jesus say? We are quite mad, bunnies are hollow, and sugar goes with everything!
what beautiful morning calls.
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