Each week we carefully curate a collection of poems that resonate with the lectionary readings for that week (Narrative Lectionary and Revised Common Lectionary).
Additional Lenten Poem…
A lament for the ways
in which our youth bear the
burden of our calamities:
war, economic collapse, pandemics, etc.
Anthem for
Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen
Found in:
Poems
*** available as a free ebook
through Project Gutenberg
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
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