Let Hyacinths: An Easter 2020 Poem

 

NOTE: During this second week of National Poetry Month, besides a poem for mature readers, you will find in this WORDWALK post, a link to a “You Tube” video of my sister reading a book for young children.

 

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Let Hyacinths: An Easter 2020 Poem

 

By Alice Jane-Marie Massa

 

 

Let me

Not be wimpy:

Let me be wise.

Let me be a carrier

Only of kindness and creativity.

Let me practice

An abundance of caution

As I once so recently

Lived an abundance

Of plenty.

 

Let the Easter lilies trumpet

Notes of thanks to all who valiantly serve.

Let hyacinths heighten our hope

Of soon returning to an easier world.

Let tulips embrace the souls

Who are seemingly passing alone,

alone.

Let the mourning dove

Who comes early to a springtime nest

Coo ever so gently for the missing hearts.

 

If there is no Easter service,

Let me find a way to serve.

Let me have an Easter walk

In sunshine with my Willow–

Not an Easter Parade,

But a prayer walk with my guide dog in the lead.

As I follow silent pawprints on cement,

Tell me, tell me

what all this unfathomable depth of change

has meant.

 

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NOTE: During these extraordinary times, as homeschooling and other nontraditional methods of teaching and learning become prevalent, my sister, a prekindergarten teacher, not only had a Zoom meeting with her students today, but also created a “You Tube” video for them. In Mary Fanyo’s first “You Tube” video (the link for which is below), my sister reads and shares the illustrated book HOW DO DINOSAURS LEARN TO READ? (by Jane Yolen, copyright 2018). The videographer was Mary’s husband, Ric. Please share the following link with the parent or grandparent of a child who is four to five years of age. “Ms. Mary” has two more videos ready for release during the next two weeks.

 

https://youtu.be/BrtHPU56aHk

 

Happy reading!

Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and blessed Easter!

Alice and Leader Dog Willow

 

April 8, 2020, Wednesday

 

 

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