14. Confluence, Crossed, Raid: Three Poems in Holy Week and Easter 2023
by Graham Kings
Date added: 24/04/2023
Confluence
Confluence of Word and flesh,
in Palestine;
Confluence of Spirit and our spirits,
in our bodies;
Confluence of Body and Blood,
in bread and wine.
Maundy Thursday 2023
Crossed
Delight of the Father,
darkened.
Begotten, unmade;
Glory, gorified;
Chosen, forsaken;
Filler, emptied; Immensity, squeezed; Gatherer, isolated;
Teacher, distraught; Walker, lamed; Welcomer, woe-begone;
Renovator, degenerated; Healer, pained; Joiner, dislocated;
Devoted, devastated;
Protector, bludgeoned;
Bridger, downed;
Blesser, cursed;
Humility, humiliated;
Founder, lost;
Heaven, in hell;
Joy of the Earth,
buried.
Good Friday 2023
Raid
Raid.
Death is
de-gated, unfenced,
dispossessed, deposed,
by the Spirit.
Dead Son is
declutched, unclasped,
snatched out, scooped up,
by the Father.
Repatriation.
Easter Day 2023
(c) Graham Kings published originally on Covenant 17 April 2023 here.
Sunday 16 April 2023, All Age Sermon at St Andrew's Chesterton, Cambridge Video here using the three poems.
