Libby Stott's Blog - Posts Tagged "palm-sunday"
March 20
Tomorrow, March 20th, is a momentous day for many reasons (and "Dancing" celebrates some of these).
Roman gods, the Christian god, and the life force itself--via spring--are all evoked on this day. No wonder that a person "lightly turns to thoughts of love," a la Tennyson, during this season.
The 20th is the birthday of the poet Ovid, a Roman poet who got in hot water for his racy poetry and who was exiled to what is now Romania. He is known for his "Art of Love" and his "Metamorphoses," among other works.
(For allusions to Ovid in "Dancing," see the poems "Metamorphoses" and "Conversing," and of course the many transformations and gods depicted in the work.)
This year, the 20th is Palm Sunday, when Jesus was welcomed by the people as he rode a donkey into Jerusalem, a week before his resurrection on Easter morning.
(See "Epiphany," "Lent.")
The 20th is also the first full day of spring and thus evocative of rebirth, new life, and romance across cultures in the northern hemisphere.
(See "In the Bright Wood," "Winter Maying," "No More Young Foolishness," "Heralds," "Weeding," "Brighid Urges," "Elegy and Alleluia," "Felix culpa," "Easter Vigil," "Oklahoma Real," and "Offstage.")
May your spring be filled with love and wonder!
Roman gods, the Christian god, and the life force itself--via spring--are all evoked on this day. No wonder that a person "lightly turns to thoughts of love," a la Tennyson, during this season.
The 20th is the birthday of the poet Ovid, a Roman poet who got in hot water for his racy poetry and who was exiled to what is now Romania. He is known for his "Art of Love" and his "Metamorphoses," among other works.
(For allusions to Ovid in "Dancing," see the poems "Metamorphoses" and "Conversing," and of course the many transformations and gods depicted in the work.)
This year, the 20th is Palm Sunday, when Jesus was welcomed by the people as he rode a donkey into Jerusalem, a week before his resurrection on Easter morning.
(See "Epiphany," "Lent.")
The 20th is also the first full day of spring and thus evocative of rebirth, new life, and romance across cultures in the northern hemisphere.
(See "In the Bright Wood," "Winter Maying," "No More Young Foolishness," "Heralds," "Weeding," "Brighid Urges," "Elegy and Alleluia," "Felix culpa," "Easter Vigil," "Oklahoma Real," and "Offstage.")
May your spring be filled with love and wonder!
