Silent Night.The Whole World Holds Its Breath

December 15, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is Season’s Greetings.

Today’s poem is a Season’s Greetings poem about the winter holidays and faith.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Silent night. The whole world holds its breath.

Each faith has its own seasonal salvation,

As myth becomes the antidote for death,

Sorrow turned to cause for celebration.

Of those who have no faith but just look on,

None need believe to join the pageantry,

Singing with a joy that’s not put on,

Glad for holiness that one can see.

Reason ought not scoff at myth, but find

Enduring beauty in the fictive frame,

Embracing subtleties of heart and mind

That else a soul would be hard put to name.

In faith one sees the power and grace of art

Not on a wall but seated in the heart,

Grace honed well by centuries of prayer,

Salvation one might savor if not share.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/silent.html. For more poems for the holiday season, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html.

This week’s theme: Season’s Greetings.

December 12: Some Would Sing to Celebrate the Season

December 13: So Ancient a Festival Ought Touch the Heart

December 14: Sing of the Rhythms of Life

December 15: Silent Night. The Whole World HoldsIts Breath