June 28, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is the contrast between the holy and the mundane, in
honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which began on June 26, at the end
of the month of Ramadan.
Today’s poem is a poem for Eid al-Fitr about how Ramadan
continues to affect the mundane activities that follow.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Evening, and at last the fast is over!
It remains a gift we celebrate,
Delighting in our prayers as in a lover,
Abstaining with a joy no meal could sate.
Let us gather now with food and drink,
For now we turn again to mortal Earth,
Intended to desire, and love, and think,
To savor what is ours 'twixt death and birth,
Reminded by our faith what things are worth.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/eveni2.html.
For more poems for Eid al-Fitr, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ramadanpoems.html
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This week’s theme: The Holy and the Mundane
June 26: Every Moment Equally Is Holy
June 28: Evening, and at Last the Fast Is Over
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