Oh crowds of easy feelings make a start;
They raise their hands, get caught up in the singing,
And think the battle won. Too soon they’ll find
The challenge, the reversal he is bringing
Changes their tune.—“Palm Sunday” by Malcolm Guite1
NOTES:
1) Malcolm Guite, “Palm Sunday: A Sonnet,” April 13, 2025, malcolmguite.wordpress.com, accessed March 15, 2026, https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/palm-sunday-a-sonnet-10/
2) Word in the Wilderness: A poem a day for Lent and Easter by Malcolm Guite, https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781848256781/word-in-the-wilderness
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