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Holy Week

RELIGIOUS POETRY FOR CHILDREN

Now available from Amazon as an ebook here

HOLY WEEK, Words toward a Cantata

This is a Story-in-Verse for children of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, all the things he did that week, what happened to him, his activities, his arrest, crucifixion and eventual resurrection. Deborah Lovell, the poet’s sister, is at present composing the music for these Words toward a Cantata.

Extract

Two angels came
And with their hands
Still brighter than the sun
They moved the rock
And moved the dark
And changed what man had done
 
And touched the wings of birds
And breathed
 
A hymn into their song …

Enquiries to: shaun.traynor@googlemail.com

I can send copies of this long poem for to interested parties as an attachment to an email or as a signed limited edition pamphlet