Five poems from across the centuries by different poets reflecting on Lent in various ways
George Herbert (1593-1633) Ash Wednesday
Robert Herrick (1591-1674) To Keep A True Lent
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) For Lent 1966
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) Mid Lent
A E Housman (1859-1936) The Lent Lily
Denise Levertov (1923-1970) Salvator Mundi: Via Crucis