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Easter Eggs-scrambled

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Where was the easter bunny

when Jesus died upon the cross?

No where, he doesn't exist,

he feels no sense of loss.

 

Did Mary search for hidden treats

that day so long ago?

No, she searched for Jesus

 He was risen, he'd told them so.

 

 No chocolate bunnies watched him

as he writhed upon the hill.

 No colorful eggs were found

 only blood did spill.

 

Most people don't even know

what Easter truly means.

And most don't really care

 at least, thats how it seems.

 

Like the last minute Christmas rush

 they crowd the aisles of the stores.

buying sweets and treats in colored bows

that there is no real reason for.

 

They feed the sweet tooth of a child,

but never feed their heart and mind.

 The story of those three days long ago

the most beautiful you can find.

 

Praise to Jesus for what he did,

 for his body, his mind, his spirit.

 His tale is one of pure love,

 but not many want to hear it.

 

Communion traded for chocolate,

 Easter eggs on resurrection day,

A holiday without the sentiment

 is very sad, I'd say.

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my take on another Christian holiday that has been bastardized
Written March 27th, 2005

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  • MargaretG
    April 9, 2008

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    "It makes me want to tremble" when I think about the Passion, and jump for joy on Easter. I have commented before. Good luck!


  • Pamela A Lamppa silver member
    April 8, 2008

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    It is a sad thing when Christians do not teach the meaning of Easter to their children. You have expressed your disdain for this within your verse, with gentle reminders, relaying the true reason Christians should celebrate Easter.

    One little typo.

    L2 "No where, he doesn't exist," should be "Nowhere."

    Well done with your entry to this contest. Best of luck in the judging. ~Pamela


  • BehindTheShadow
    March 22, 2008
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    Great job!!!


  • Freed by Mercy silver member
    May 3, 2007
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    Congratulations on your well deserved trophy.


  • allfaith
    May 3, 2007
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    well put you describe the things we do the most


  • Page Shut down
    May 1, 2007
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    Thank you for your entry

    Very well spoken. People get lost in the hype and the comercialization of the holiday and forget the true reason for the season. I spent the holiday in Church surrounded by my family. That is how Easter should be observed.

    Good luck

    God Bless
    Tammy


    • Ogreatbaldone gold member
      May 3, 2007
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      thanks for the bronze trophy and thanks for the kind comment...peace Terry


  • BlackRabbit9x
    April 29, 2007

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    This speaks to the commercialization of the most sacred of holidays. This is a powerful message that needs to be shared.

    Good Luck in the contest.


  • Freed by Mercy silver member
    April 20, 2007
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    Well said. Thank you for saying it so well.


  • catz Moderators member
    April 3, 2007

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    You've addressed an issue, much like the modern Christmas issue, which has become a display of commercial greed and frivilous pander among the modern world population.

    These lines say so much for todays excuse for celebrating Easter...

    "They feed the sweet tooth of a child,
    but never feed their heart and mind."

    What happened to the real reason for Easter, what do our children know about it? Easter, to probably most children, at least in the western world, means an Easter basket filled with sweet treats and maybe a little gift or two, colored eggs to search for... while Jesus remains buried, hardly mentioned if at all.

    You've given us something to really think about, Terry. Excellent job in thought and expression.


    Dee

  • MargaretG
    April 18, 2006
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    I like the way you have used irony to criticise the modern secular traditions around Easter. Your last three stanzas make your point clearly, chocolate is a tawdry replacement for the gift of new life.


  • Lyndon gold member
    April 18, 2006
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    A forthright poem. It is a pity that Europeans, on the coming of Christendom, set the Christian calendar to their pagan rites. Easter is much older than the Advent of Christ, coming in the Spring celebration of the goddess Eostre. She often had the head of a hare as her symbol. Eggs, of course, are an old symbol of new life. The rabbit laying colored eggs goes back 2500 years. In the 1500's , German States resurrected the old myths. From there, in time and place, the myth has been perpetuated throughout the West until, now, Easter is almost secular. Your poem touches on the situation where the memory of the Crucifixion does not sit easily with the ancient tradition which has been commercialised.
    I congratulate you for addressing the position, contrastively, in verse.


  • lindadoster
    April 16, 2006
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    I have cold chills!! It counld not be told any better!!!
    You are so right.


  • thricelightning
    April 13, 2005
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    mazing


  • Melie
    April 9, 2005
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    Aww this is a sad poem and true! I love this poem!


  • fuz Z navel
    April 9, 2005
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    you are very right...the holidays have lost their meaning....good write


  • SusanL
    April 8, 2005
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    Yeah I have often wondered who invented the Easter Bunny.
    I have read this before, but did not comment because I wanted to think about it a bit.
    I have a hard time with excess piety, but I apprecate someone who is not afraid to stand up for what they believe in as you have done here.
    Not only in your poem, but in the responses you have given in your comment. Never do you apologize or back down. I think stanza 6 says the most for me.
    Well written. I will look for more of these.
    Susan

  • Ogreatbaldone gold member
    April 6, 2005
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    i was not making a statement on the condition of anyones heart, just stating what i see and what i know of some people, i am sure there are many who believe and still give out easter eggs, this was more a statement on the condition of the holiday itself, no offence was intended...peace

  • -Silenced Dreams-
    April 4, 2005
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    This is an incredible write. So full of faith and spirit. I honestly can say that I agree with the uselessness of the easter holiday, but I'm not a believer anymore either and I never did understand how Jesus dying on the cross saved us all, excuse my ignorance though. A deep, insightful and powerful poem written to a perfection that I couldn't even hope to accomplish. Thanks for sharing.

    Take Care
    - Becca

  • InLoveWithGod09
    April 4, 2005
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    Great

    hey man... that is ther best poem i've read in guite some time!!


  • blue-eyedbabe
    April 3, 2005
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    excellent criticism

    i like your take on these things. it is so important that it is addressed - Easter is so much more than bunnies and chocolate (even though that is a nice addition haha). i'm glad that you are brave enough to write about this. PErsonally, Jesus is my savior, and i'm glad that you reminded us all that Easter is about His resurrection and His works.


  • Almighty Aphrodite gold member
    April 3, 2005
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    I think that people have strayed so far from the symbolic meanings that they forget the significance of most holidays, which is remembrance. It's not about eggs and bunnies or trees and presents. Not only is Easter a victim, but also Christmas and several other holidays with religious roots. I don't think it's right that people so carelessly adulterate with their own customs and traditions. But, in a lot of cultures, people want to fuse pagan festivals with religious holidays and try to meld the two together, when that's not possible. I'm not saying it's evil to have chocolate and boiled eggs, but if you're going to celebrate any holiday, keep in mind its true significance.

    Sorry I haven't visited in so long.

    Many blessings,

    Raven Aurora

  • Gogetalife
    March 27, 2005
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    This was very intersting write my friend..even we come from different belives and i don't celebrate easter..but your write was outstanding..good job Terry
    ps:Happy Easter


  • Touchof1der silver member
    March 27, 2005
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    I'm sure this provided many with a great insight into the reason so many celebrate this special day. I still like biting off chocolate bunny ears and family bbq's and I have never once thought or considered the idea that sharing fun and laughter and loving moments with family and friends would or could diminish the meaning I place on the day. Can I have my bunny back now? I hope you and the kids had a great day at your Mom's!
    ♥ Kimberly


  • March 27, 2005
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    great poem it made me sit down and think about the lord and easter keep up the good work and happy easter and I hope you will check out my work as well


  • heartnsoul
    March 27, 2005
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    thought provoking.

    Oh Terry, we could go round on this. My ex is an Irish Jew (and being raised by a catholic father and a jewish mother he should have understood this more than most)and for 27 years we would go round with this each Easter and Christmas.This being the first Easter I woke and didn't have to answer those questions. I find myself here once again. The egg the symbol of rebirth. And has been a tradition in almost every culture for centuries. The rabbit, the symbol of fertility by many cultures."be fruitful and multiply" The chocolate, in Jewish tradition when one passes on they sit "shiva". It's the period of mourning. When people come to pay their respects to the family they bring foods that are sweet. Fruit,candy etc. To take away the bitterness of death. And whether people realize it or not. Judaism has been incorporated into Christianity for centuries. Christmas is the time of giving. Celebrating the gift God sent to us. In our house we give gifts on our birthdays in thanks for our existence. Christmas is in the same manner. Santa Claus, a man from the Netherlands that gave to those children who didn't have. He has become a legend, one that continues to grow. Is all this commercialism? It has become that over the years. It was not the intention many years ago. But a way to involve children and make the spirit of the holidays a more enjoyable one. To make learning fun. As do teachers when they teach our children their lessons. They find creative ways to keep them interested and make learning fun. It is only as commerical as we let it be. I don't leave the teaching of my children to other's. The true spirit of the occasion is discussed at our table as give our thanks. As I don't leave the education of my children to the teacher's. My son (he's 14 and going through that agnostic period most teenagers go through) asked me the other day. "If Jesus were to come back, do you think that he would be happy to see everyone wearing a cross with his body on it? After all this is the one painful moment in his life I don't think he would want to remember. There are more happier moments I think he would want to see." My response to that. It is a symbol so that we remember that he died for us. And that is what GOD wants us to remember.
    I hope that I've come across in the spirit in which it is meant. As many youngsters read this. Some are too young to be so cynical. But it is what they see and experience. I only wish to soften the edges. Have a very Happy Easter!
    ~Michelle~


  • WritingWriter
    March 27, 2005
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    Perfect

    This was good dad I think you are right. Most people think Easter is about chocolate. Many people don't even think about how Jesus suffered, they just think about the chocolate that they will get for Easter. Good write.

  • NomDePlume silver member
    March 27, 2005
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    Humbled and stricken~

    My dear and awsome friend..

    Your words ring true, as chocolate drips from peep covered mouths and the music blares lounder to drown out the truth..

    Further each day do we stray, you drag us back to the blood covered truth of who is worshiped most. Mamon..

    We can not serve two masters, God and Mamon. Only in the end, when it is far to late, will the many become the few, and the few many. On this day, remember the pain that brought such joy

    Thank You!


  • MuseStalker
    March 27, 2005
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    Don't we do this with all holidays though? Look at Thanksgiving - which has become about eating until you're comatose and then watching football on TV. So often, the way we celebrate a holiday completely overshadows "what" we're celebrating in our awareness. Additionally, various religious holidays become enmeshed over time....as has happened with Easter and Christmas, in regard to pagan holidays...which accounts for some of the strange things we see happening - such as the eggs and bunnies of Easter, and the decorated trees of Christmas.

    Nicely written bit of poetry that makes some profound points. Although I don't see the harm of Easter baskets and their ilk, I do agree that we often forget to pass along the meaning behind the holidays to our children...and, that robs them of so much. Nicely done, in my opinion.


  • dottedmyeyes
    March 27, 2005
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    It is very sad. Even if you aren't Christian or don't believe, you still have to say it's sad. lol. I work at CVS and I can tell you I am VERY sick of bags of chocolate eggs and boxes of chocolate bunnies. Yay for the fat asses of America who don't even bother to tell their kids what Easter is really about. lol.


  • Lovely Luci
    March 27, 2005
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    Actually it does. Thanks for the info. I just thought that it wasn't as mass marketed as over here.


  • saviya
    March 27, 2005
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    Hello, Dakkon
    I live in Europe (Switzerland, actually) and here they celebrate about the same way. The shops here sell Swiss chocolate in form of bunnies, and Lindt & Sprüngli sells easter egg pralines. I've visited North America twice in Easter time, and they hide baskets of sweets same as here. Oh sure there are different customs, but easter bunnies & eggs are pretty well commercialized throughout Europe. ~thought it might interest you~


  • Xx Alice xX
    March 27, 2005
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    Yes, we always think we have to make things cute for the world. Flashy and tastey. Talk about candy coating,this world can't swallow the truth, unless you add the flavoring. well written.


  • galfalfa gold member
    March 27, 2005
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    You mean to tell me there's no such thing as "him" ...he's just something man made up and wrote in a book a long long time ago? A huge Fairytale? A big money making rackateer? Gee, thanks Terry..next thing you know, you'll be telling me there's no such thing as Santa I'm traumatised
    Gosh, no such thing as the Easter Bunny...thought he was going to bring me some chocolate eggs. You have destroyed my belief!


  • saviya
    March 27, 2005
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    Very good aspect you wrote about; I enjoyed reading it. The end verse sums it up nicely.

  • Lovely Luci
    March 27, 2005
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    Bravo

    Easter has become nothing more than a mass market holiday my friend. However, the modern day aspect of Easter, with the bunny and so on, actually takes it's roots from Germanic mythology. It's a very interesting read if you should ever get the chance. Also, over in Europe, they celebrate Easter much differently than here in the USA. My opinion is that they're more concerned with the tradition than making money off of it. Still, you have to admit, the chocolate bunnies are really good Good piece, and bravo to you


  • Yemassee gold member
    March 27, 2005
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    In societies where cutures (religious and otherwise) often clash I suppose we seek a middle ground and unfortunately the true meaning becomes forgotten. I think I'd worry about a culture that is so preoccupied with literal interpretations that it forgets to smile. I look at the middle east as a possible example.

    Still, just like Christmas, things do get out of hand and the true meaning becomes perverted.

    I share your concerns, maybe not to your depth (being Agnostic) but I do see why you'd be hurt by the lack of respect for this day. Still I think no real harm is intended by the secular observance of this holiday.

    Just my thoughts on this issue and I thank you for allowing me to espress them.

    Yem
    Edited on Mar 27, 5:39 because ''.


  • Zommorroda
    March 27, 2005
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    Amen. This is so true. Bless your heart, I hope people would get your message

  • Dr John Celes
    March 27, 2005
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    unique write

    a rather unique way of reminding the truth of Easter and how things tend to change with time into mere revelry and celebrations!Happy Easter to you and may the Risen Christ bless your effort!


  • Pebbles
    March 27, 2005
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    This is a very good poem to get across to non-belivers well done! Happy Easter to you and may the Lord bless you!


  • crystaldust gold member
    March 27, 2005
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    crustaldust 27-03-05 12:49
    Sorry: I can't comment on the poem, but I didn't want you to lose points. This should make certain that you don't.

  • RandomInertia
    March 27, 2005
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    I thought this might be something humorous from the title. I just finished hiding fifty Easter eggs for my son to find. I know it is from a Pagan source that the eggs and the bunny have come from, but Christians were not commanded to celebrate the day of resurrection either, but to commemorate His sacrifice.

    My son and I had a lot of fun coloring the eggs, and I can’t wait to see the smile on his face tomorrow when he hunts them down.


  • Cat gold member
    March 27, 2005
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    A good message.

    Mary

  • Icer
    March 27, 2005
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    FABULOUS! I have finally found a "Christian" poem I like. I am a Christian and such but I think that a lot of Christian poetry is not good...This is, however, very good.

    David Selvaggio

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