Sunday, April 4, 2010


Easter Light

There are those who still wait on the hillsides, their weary eyes fixed on the far eastern sky.  They stand with their hopes linked to all of mankind as they watch for signs of the dawn, each of them longing to see, once again, the promise, the holy confirmation, as the darkness disappears in the presence of the light.   Slowly, the aurora emerges along the horizon like the casual opening of a seraphic eye, casting prismatic rays out over the landscape, painting a lanquishing world with the colours of joy. 

Mingling mystery with memory, the light travels through gardens graced with cherry trees weeping in candescent blooms of pink. 
 It blazes through cathedral windows, their picturesque puzzle pieces trembling with the resounding hosannas of song.   
It illuminates the stage sets of my memory with ephemeral beams that shine down on my father as he once again places an Easter gardenia into the palm of my hand. 
It warms with a radiance that remembers the best of our future whilst turning to ashes the worst of our past. 

 Be they twisted and coiled as the back of a serpent, or a continuous ribbon of white flowers and moss, this beacon still shines upon all of our pathways  -  no stone can eclipse this light.  
And we may follow it, singing, up over the hillsides, 
on up through the clouds, 
all the long, long way back,
 into Canaan.

35 comments:

  1. Happy easter Pamela and Edward...

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  2. So beautiful both picture and prose. Hope you and Edward have a most wonderful Easter celebration.

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  3. Dear Pamela, What an evocative and appropriate piece of writing for this Easter time. In it you capture all of our hopes and aspirations at this most wonderful and precious time of year. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    My warmest wishes to you, the Songwriter and Edward for a very happy and peaceful Easter.

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  4. What a beautiful post, wishing you a happy Easter, Crusoe sends Easter licks to Edward.
    XX

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  5. have a lovely easter weekend!
    xxx

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  6. A happy and blessed holiday to you both :)
    xoxo Pattie and Allie

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  7. Beautiful picture! Hope you have a lovely Easter :)

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  8. Happy Easter, Pamela and Edward...and thanks for the holly-go-lightly word picture.

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  9. Happy Easter to you all, Pamela. Thanks for such an evocative piece.

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  10. I love this on so many levels; human, ethereal, biblical, and spiritual. You have once again captured the essence of the day and the picture you paint with your words, as well as the picture you post, will stay with me all the day and Easter season.

    Kala Pascha! (Greek for happy Easter)

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  11. Wind blowing thousands of Kwansaan cherry blossoms this morning. Backlit by the sun, each blossom a pink shimmering mirror.

    Edward would have adored running thru them.

    Happy Easter.

    Garden & Be Well, XO Tara

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  12. I like both the picture and your words !

    Have a Happy Easter !

    xo
    Anci

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  13. Lovely sentiment and picture -
    it's YOU!

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  14. Happy Easter Pamela! Wonderful images and writing.

    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  15. Happy Easter to you Pamela and all you love!

    XX
    Victoria

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  16. Happy Easter Pamela, to you and your loved ones.

    I am always so stirred by your writing, - thank you for your thoughts, so beautifully expressed.

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  17. So beautiful. "Resounding hosannas of song", those words remind me of Easter. Singing joyfully and loud in church on Easter Sunday. So lovely Pamela. Wishing you all a blessed Easter x

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  18. Beautiful words. Thank you.

    May you, Pamela and Edward, have a blessed Easter.

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  19. Light - such a lovely word Pamela, isn't it? Happy Easter to you all and hugs for Edward and Apple.

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  20. Amazing Pamela, how do you do that??

    ....Mingling mystery with memory, the light travels through gardens graced with cherry trees weeping in candescent blooms of pink....

    Just beautiful. You are such a talented woman...I love coming by to see what you have created...always something special. I am still getting over the Babka story. So clever!!
    Best wishes to you all for a wonderful day :)
    Jeanne x

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  21. sending Easter Love to you and your sweet Edward....

    Kary
    xxx

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  22. ..."all the long long way back to Canaan". Beautiful.

    A soulful day fillled with peace and serenity.....and big fluffy white dogs...named Edward.

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  23. Happy Easter,beautiful painting and words.x

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  24. I'm just catching up a bit here and oh my your knitting (and petit point) projects are Spectacular !! Wow. I especially love the cream coloured scarf you made for your friend. Absolutely beautiful and so soft looking. Happy Easter to all especially Edward and Miss A. xo Susan, Winnie Dixon and les Chats

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  25. Wishing you and yours peace, light, and joy, Pamela! xo

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  26. Happy Easter and what an inspiring post .. Yvonne

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  27. Happy Easter Sunday, dear Pamela and Edward.
    thank you for sharing a beautiful post.

    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  28. I thought the picture was good, wondered how it man aged to escape being sentimental, which it does gracefully, but then the poem blew me and all those thoughts away. B y a long road the finest Easter poem I have read in recent years.

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  29. Dearest Pamela,

    How perfectly beautiful. What a lovely gift.

    I hope you and Edward a frolicking in the spring sunshine. (I love the picture of you with Edward over your shoulder, so sweet.)

    xo,Tish

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  30. Your blogs provoke so much thought and while I am trying to compose a simple comment on one you write three more,in one week,on completely different topics. Yet somehow they do all weave together: history,simple daily tasks,creative arts and philosophy. You are indeed a renaisance woman.
    Happy Easter.

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  31. Perhaps one more "s" is needed in renaissance but I'm sure you won't
    quibble.

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  32. This is such a sacred piece. It left me feeling blessed by its words. Beautiful, Pamela.

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  33. such a beautiful post, beautiful picture and lovely words :)
    Happy Easter

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