Poetry Monday :: Passover

Poetry Monday is a blogging game invented long ago. Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I are keeping it alive until Diane @ On the Border returns home from her break of health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.

We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

The prompts now come from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the year, but no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.

Today's prompt is: Passover

Woe is me. I read River's blog and poem before writing one myself.

Add to this that I found Passover a hard theme for a poem, and that I - as every Easter Monday - forget that it IS Monday because it's a holiday ... lots of excuses, I never got to write anything, but in the "rules" for Poetry Monday it said somewhere that You're allowed to copy somebody else's poetry. That's what I'm going to do.

This spiritual actually tells the story of Passover, Easter, and salvation.

When Israel was in Egypt’s land,
Let My people go!
Oppressed so hard they could not stand,
Let My people go!

Refrain:

Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt’s land;
Tell old Pharaoh
To let My people go!

'Thus spoke the Lord,' bold Moses said
Let my people go!
'If not I'll smite your first born dead.'
Let my people go!

No more shall they in bondage toil,
Let My people go!
Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil,
Let My people go!

Oh, let us all from bondage flee,
Let My people go!
And let us all in Christ be free,
Let My people go!

- - - - - - - - - - Coming Themes  - - - - - -

taken from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group.

Apr 13 Fabulous
Apr 20 Superhero
Apr 27 Plaid
May 4 Back pack
May 11 Futuristic landscape