A Sonnet For Candlemas

"The people who walked in darkness
 have seen a great Light;
those who dwelt in the land of
 intense darkness and the shadow of death
upon them has the Light shined."
Isaiah 9:2

A Light to the Gentiles

Greg Olson

They came, as called, according to the Law.

Though they were poor and had to keep things simple,

They moved with grace, in quietness, in awe,

For God was coming with them to His temple.

Amidst the outer court's commercial bustle

They'd waited hours, enduring shouts and shoves,

Buyers and sellers, sensing one more hustle,

Had made a killing on the two young doves.

They come at last with us to Candlemas

And keep the day the prophecies came true

We glimpse with them, amidst our busyness,

The peace that Simeon and Anna knew.

For Candlemas still keeps His kindled light,

Against the dark our Savior's face is bright.

Yeshua Is The Light
Zemer Levav
(2010)

"A Sonnet For Candlemas"

 Ayodeji Malcolm Guite

(November 12, 1957-)

Nigerian-born English poet, singer,

songwriter and Angelican priest