October 5, 2016
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is peace and brotherly love, in honor of the fact that
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Muharram, the Muslim New Year, fall
just one day apart.
Today’s poem is about America as the promised land for all
races.
I welcome comments on my poems at
http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
My home is here, America,
My Promised Land, my Yisrael.
What God gave to my ancestors,
He now gives equally to all.
My Promised Land, my Yisrael,
Is homeland to the human race.
He now gives equally to all
A holy land, a sacred place;
Is homeland to the human race,
The world's long longed-for world-to-be,
A holy land, a sacred place,
Where all alike are safe and free.
The world's long longed-for world-to-be,
What God gave to my ancestors,
Where all alike are safe and free:
My home is here, America!
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/myhome.html. For more poems about
nationality or race, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/racepoems.html.
This week’s theme: Peace and Brotherly Love.
October 3: Ismail and Yitzhak Are Half-Brothers
October 4: Hatred Has No Color, Creed, or Race
October 5: My Home Is Here, America
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