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Easter Wrap

16 Sunday Apr 2017

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Canadian poet, Easter poem, Elaine Stirling, seasonal verse

I don’t need me no
Pharisees, no Sadducees,
no, “This be Easter, you think
how I please!”

I ain’t no student of
history, of sanctity nor theology,
but I like me the story from Galilee
of a man who walked with a band of 3,
6, 9, 12…the crowds kept growin’
and he kept on knowin’
what resided in his heart
though it tore his folks apart
‘cause he wouldn’t play the part
of a dutiful son, an obedient one…

I’ve a message to share
from the guy up there
or the guy in here,
doesn’t matter where you put him,
what you call him, maybe she,
maybe all, or the You of bloody yous.
I bring you good news!
Hear me out there?
I BRING GOOD NEWS!

All you gotta do is—
hahaha!
Think I’m gonna tell ya?
Nuh, uh, uh!

You’ve heard it all before
and you put it on a shelf.
You gotta love your neighbour
the way you love yourself.
Set no one else above you
(ergo, no one else below)
It’s the whole of the law, bro,
whole of the law,
grammatical declension
of a singular intention—
the more of what you think
creates the more of
what you grow.

Sure, you can doubt
or disbelieve ascension.
You could also turn your cheek,
deprive naysayers of attention,
let them woefully begone
to their zealotry conventions.
Finding others who agree
is not a new invention!

Hell, I said I wouldn’t tell,
I’ve gone ahead and done it.
It must be all those hot cross buns
and bunnies made of chocolate.

It’s Easter, folks,
and though you may
not see the dove above you,
just know, the mighty heavens do—
and all of us, we love ya!

~~~

© Elaine Stirling, 2017
The beautiful “Garden of Gethsemane” painting is by Victoria Rogers.

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Sonnet to the Autumnal Sun

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Canadian poet, Elaine Stirling, fall equinox, poems of the equinox, seasonal verse, sonnet

railway train bridge winding cliff track

railway train bridge winding cliff track

All laud this equinox to Helios,
locomotive engineer whose aeons
of impeccable attention to Earth’s
fine clientele from least to uppermost
has wavered not a jot. His sacred bonds
to cargo in the form of death and birth
hold tight, & yet he’s quick to loose for those
intrepid riders who can see beyond
outdated schedules and rails not worth
pursuing. Cheer him for the way he coasts
into the station of your dawn. Begone,
insipid darkness, to your lower berths!
The greater Sol and I triangulate
to lay new tracks through joy, we luminate.

~~~

© Elaine Stirling, 2016
Photographer unknown

Lit by Grace

18 Wednesday Dec 2013

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Elaine Stirling, form poetry, manifestation, seasonal verse, sonnets

burning-christmas-candles

Upon a mountain, ante-heroes feast
today, pre-eminent—no bullies, wimps,
or past tense lovers. Every element
is here, composed by fire and clay. The least
of us abjures reward and other gimps
like trying to please all. Our testament
unites! Divided hearts fear strategy,
but heroes true, we multiply—the more,
not less, the now, not then. Your politics
means nothing here; it’s positivity
creates, descends to valleys and the shore.
What happened long ago no longer sticks.
Lay down your righteous burdens. They’ve no place
amidst our celebrations lit by grace.

~~~

© Elaine Stirling, 2013

Autumnal Renaissance

23 Monday Sep 2013

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a love poem, cycles, Elaine Stirling, new romance, renewal, seasonal verse

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Talk runs high
these days of fall
a trend that apprehends
what-all I view as missed
or ill-begotten, half sung
not quite tragedy but dull
from over-chiming of
regret at how our time
was spent, and yet it seems
to me that every hue upon
the colour wheel, every
quarter turn of life invigorates
the leaf through pages that
reveal a beauty never seen
until the likes of you and I
first meet again and touch
and wander, eye to eye.

~~~

© Elaine Stirling, 2013

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