Today, we’re happy to share a collection of classic and contemporary March poems !
March is very much an in-between time. Some years, March warmly welcomes us into Spring, while in other years, she may leave us still in the depths of winter. Perhaps a good way to conceive of March is as a liminal space. This is true in the church calendar as well. This year, Lent will fill all of March, with Palm Sunday falling on March 29. We cannot rush ahead to Easter and resurrection just yet.
The March poems we’ve collected here explore seasonality, the challenge of patience, and the themes of Lent. We’ve also included poems for Women’s History Month and St. Patrick’s Day.
Featuring poems by Emily Dickinson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ada Limón, William Butler Yeats, and more!
The Prayer of Saint Patrick (Excerpt)
St. Patrick of Ireland
I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.
I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.
[Click here to read the full poem.]
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