October 13, 2016
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is atonement, in honor of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of
Atonement, which falls on October 12.
Today’s poem is about Yom Kippur as the hopeful beginning of
a joyful, loving year.
I welcome comments on my poems at
http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Yom Kippur remains a day of morning
On which another year of joy depends.
Most make the most of life by choosing love,
Knowing what they have no knowledge of.
Immersed in means, they leave to God the ends.
Penitence must work its will by evening,
Passionate enough to make amends,
Until the last horn blows, the lovers leaving,
Resolved to grace whichever way life wends.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/yomki2.html
. For more poems for Yom Kippur, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Atonement.
October 10: Yearning Is a Function of Atonement
October 11: Ye of Little Faith, You’re Welcome Here
October 12: You Wonder Whether Fate Is Accidental
October 13: Yom Kippur Remains a Day of Morning
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