Religions Live in a Crowded Neighborhood

April 10, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The twin themes for this week are Passover, the first night of which falls on April 10, and Easter, which falls on April 16.

Today’s poem is about how, in an increasingly crowded world, there is an increased need for tolerance and love.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Religions live in a crowded neighborhood

Called Earth. Time for tolerance and love.

Time to see in each the common good.

Time also to see the uncommon good, the wealth of

Differences that make one’s neighborly chats

A voyage to the harbors of the heart.

The world of faith is like a museum that’s

Full of rich and unfamiliar art.

Time to see it all, to stroll through rooms

Full of treasures else left unseen.

Like rare languages, exotic blooms,

White rhinos, pandas, aye-aye, like green

Islands in the arms of urban sprawl,

Each faith sustains the spirit of us all.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/relig2.html. For more poems about religion, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/religiouspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Easter and Passover

April 10: Religions Live in a Crowded Neighborhood