September 27, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which
begins on the evening of September 29. The ten days between Rosh Hashanah (the
Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) are a time when one’s
repentance may affect whether one is written into the book of life or the book
of death for the coming year.
Today’s poem is a poem for Yom Kippur about the difficulty
of true repentance and redemption.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
You'd like a shot at serious redemption,
Only, like us all, you have no clue.
Mostly satisfied, you leave your pew
Knowing that you've satisfied convention
Instead of being some more painful you.
Perhaps there is no other truth than this;
Perhaps the yearning must be unfulfilled.
Unredeemed, you pay your debts as billed,
Returning to a life that dreams of bliss.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/youdli.html.
For more poems for Yom Kippur, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
September 25: Holiness and Faith Are the Rewards
September 26: How Might I, in Faith, Do as You Ask
September 27: You’d Like a Shot at Serious Redemption
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