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I’ve enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year recently (see “Poetry for Lent,” “Poetry for Easter,“ and "Poetry for Ordinary Time"). As a follow-up to the "Poetry for Advent" and "Poetry for Christmas" series, I am continuing that theme with a series called “Poetry for Epiphany.” The season of Epiphany, runs from the …
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Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is R. S. Thomas' poem "Resurrection" from Selected Poems. Thomas was an Anglican priest and a leading Anglo-Welsh poet of the 20th century. Easter. The grave clothes of winterare still here, but the sepulchreis empty. A …
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Matthew Erickson 