The Lord Is the Lord of All Nations

March 19, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is national identity, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, which falls on March 17, and Purim, which fell on March 11 and 12.

Today’s poem is about religion and race from the point of view of someone of mixed race.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

The Lord is the Lord of all nations;

I, of all nations, the child.

White and black, yellow, and brown:

All rivers flow into my sea.

I, of all nations, the child

Melded in passionate love.

All rivers flow into my sea,

Joined in the blood of America.

Melded in passionate love,

I turn to those still behind walls,

Joined in the blood of America,

And tell them that love is the Lord's.

I turn to those still behind walls,

White and black, yellow, and brown,

And tell them that love is the Lord's!

The Lord is the Lord of all nations!

© by Nicholas Gordon

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

This week’s theme: National Identity

March 13: Going Home to a Place You’ve Never Been

March 14: Praised Be Those Who Remember to Remember

March 15: Let There Be One Race – The Human Race

March 16: So I’m the Patron Saint of Ireland

March 17: So Let It Go, That Mythic Ireland

March 18: Jorge

March 19: The Lord Is the Lord of All Nations