Ostara Poems

Decorating Eggs
I take an egg
All shiny white
And then I dip
It out of sight.

I leave it there
Within the cup
Then after a minute
I pick it up.

And oh!
It's a lovely
Shade of green!
The prettiest Ostara egg
I've ever seen.

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Bunnies are brown
Bunnies are white
Bunnies are always
An Ostara delight.

Bunnies are cuddly
The large and the small.
But I like chocolate ones
The best of them all.

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I Had an Ostara Bunny

I had an Ostara bunny,
One day she ran away.
I looked for her by moonlight.
I looked for her by day.
I found her in the meadow
With her babies 1, 2, 3.
So now I have four rabbit pets
To run and jump with me.

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Ostara Bunny
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Ostara bunny, soft and white
Hopping quickly out of sight.
Thank you for the eggs you bring
At Ostara we welcome spring.
Ostara Bunny, soft and white
Hopping quickly out of sight.

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Flowers
(Sung to the tune of “Pop! Goes the Weasel”)
All around the forest ground
There’s flowers everywhere.
There’s pink, yellow, and purple too.
Here’s one for you!

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Saying Farewell to Wintry spirits
by Anna Moura

Farewell to wintry spirits and friends;
On morrow we greet the spirits of spring.
Our blessings to thee as your way you wend;
And merry we’ll meet next winter again.

Blow out candle and say: Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again!

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"The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings."
-   Joyce Kilmer, Spring

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Little Seeds

by Else Holmelund Minarik

Little seeds we sow in spring
growing while the robins sing,
give us carrots, peas and beans,
tomatoes, pumpkins, squash and greens.

And we pick them,
one and all,
through the summer,
through the fall,

Winter comes, then spring, and then
little seeds we sow again.

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All Hallow's Eve

On All Hallows Eve
as most of us know,
the veil between worlds
grows thin, so we're told.

The Lord
in the Summerland...
The Lady on Earth...
search for a door
in the light of the hearth.

As the door doth appear,
both sigh a relief
and commune once again
and have a big feast.

New memories are made
and old ones remembered
as all of our loved ones
have gathered together.

As the sun does rise
on the New Year again,
give thanks
for your family, your loved ones, and friends.

~One Pink Fish

Apple picking rhyme

Apple picking with the children is a great way for them to understand the feeling of the Mabon time of the year, and I know my oldest loves apple picking! This is a little ditty we sing-song that I threw together so my children might come to understand a respect for the tree - that we ask and not just blindly take.

Apples on the tree,
Apples on the ground.
May we take some please,
Before they all fall down?
*fall to the ground*

Thank you for the apples,
We dance and dance around
*spin in circles*
Thankyou for the apples!
We all take a bow.
*take a bow!*

An inoffensive little childhood ditty that even when overheard by passers by is seen as harmless childhood fun.