Myths Are Our Immortal Mentors

December 19, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25.

Today’s poem is a Christmas poem about the significance of myth in shaping our lives.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Myths are our immortal mentors,

Each a sculptor of the heart,

Residing at life’s moral center,

Reigning long through love and art.

Years and generations pass,

Christmas lovingly passed on.

Holidays are made to last,

Renewing what might else be gone.

Inevitably, passions pale,

Souls turn skeptical, and yet

The tales of childhood prevail,

Myths too vivid to forget.

Adults might still, or not, believe

Stories whose lost glow they grieve.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/mythsa.html. For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/christmaspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Christmas

December 18: Come to Christmas with Clean Hands and Heart

December 19: Myths Are Our Immortal Mentors