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