Each Moment Is like Sunlight on the Heart

 

A poem for Eid al-Fitr about returning to the holiness of ordinary life at the end of the greater holiness of Ramadan:

 

Each moment is like sunlight on the heart,
Infinity within infinity.
Descend now from the whole back to the part,
As fast gives way to feast, and One to me.
Love is worship, as is pure, chaste pleasure;
Food is worship, music, dance, delight.
Immersed in talk, we savor what we treasure,
The days of fasting fading fast from sight,
Returning, turning, burning through the night.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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Adela Removes the Writing on the Wall

 

A name poem for Adela, who despite the odds is determined to shape her own future:

 

Adela removes the writing on the wall,

Determined to replace it with her own.

Even though no fate may heed her scrawl,

Like a god she wills what will befall,

A prophet staking claim to the unknown.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: One Step Closer. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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Sublimation Is a Transformation

 

A poem for St. Patrick’s Day about the virtue of priestly celibacy:

 

Sublimation is a transformation,
Turning objects of one's lust to souls,
Perhaps not wholly holy -- priests are human,
And even Christ knew hunger and desire.
The vow of celibacy, like that of marriage,
Restricts as it enormously enriches,
Inhibits as it frees, resolves, renews,
Celebrates love, all love, every love,
Knots the nots that open wide the heart.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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Purified of Arabs or of Jews

 

A poem for the Jewish holiday of Purim about the need to share the Holy Land:

 

Purified of Arabs or of Jews,
Until the phantoms fade, the land will scream,
Remembering the slaughter of the dream,
In which dark deeds that only madmen choose
Made room for those no blessing could redeem.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Don’t Look Inside. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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March Marches to the Beat of Her Own Drum

 

A calendar poem for March:

 

March marches to the beat of her own drum,
Angry in the way of eager youth,
Rebelling against the adult she’ll become,
Challenging the too-long-frozen truth.
How beautiful, though raucous and uncouth!

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Buccaneer’s March. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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Reason Doesn't Travel Well

 

A poem for Ramadan about the weaknesses of reason as compared to faith in a harsh environment:

 

Reason doesn't travel well
Across the desert sand.
Maybe it needs quince to quell
A hunger for command.
Do not think it will survive
A long and thirsty camel ride,
No nutrient near at hand.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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Political Proverbs

 

Some political proverbs for Presidents Day about the dangers for democracy of perfection:

 

POLITICAL PROVERBS

 

Those who'd see democracy's demise
Have little use for compromise.

Those who like their politics strong
Increase their risk of being wrong.

Those who are at the controls
Ought not be trusted with the goals.

Power wedded to perfection
Wins the final free election.

When not one criminal goes free,
We'll know we've lost our liberty.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Falling Snow. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI

 

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