Emily Dickinson and the Poetry of Lent: A Lenten Devotional
developed by The Salt Project (saltproject.org)
Online Resources: Links to Scripture (NRSV) and Emily Dickinson’s Poems

Ash Wednesday - February 17, 2021
Scripture:    Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Poetry: 

• There’s a certain Slant of light 
  
• A Light exists in Spring
  
• Before I got my eye put out

First Sunday of Lent - February 21, 2021
Scripture:    Mark 1:9-15
​Poetry:    

• A little Madness in the Spring
• Bloom—is Result—to meet a Flower
  

Second Sunday of Lent - February 28, 2021
Scripture:    Mark 8:27-38
Poetry:    

• I’m Nobody! Who are You?
• ​I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

Third Sunday of Lent - March 7, 2021
Scripture:    John 2:13-25
Poetry:    

• Some keep the Sabbath going to church
• We should not mind so small a flower
  

Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 14, 2021
Scripture:  

•  John 3:14-21
• Song of Solomon
  

Poetry:    

• Wild Nights—Wild Nights!
  
• ​That I did always love
  

Fifth Sunday of Lent - March 21, 2021
Scripture:    John 12:20-33
Poetry:    

• I know that He exists
  
• Your thoughts don’t have words every day

Palm Sunday - March 28, 2021
Scripture:    Mark 11:1-11
Poetry:    This is my letter to the World

Maundy Thursday - April 1, 2021
Scripture:    John 13:1-35
Poetry:    I dwell in Possibility

Good Friday - April 2, 2021
Scripture:    John 18:1-19:42
Poetry:    I heard a Fly buzz—when I died

Holy Saturday - April 3, 2021
Scripture:    Matthew 27:57-66
Poetry:   

• After great pain, a formal feeling comes
• It was not Death, for I stood up

Easter Sunday - April 4, 2021
Scripture:    Mark 16:1-8
Poetry:    

• To see the Summer Sky
• Tell all the truth but tell it slant