May 30, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Memorial Day, which was observed on May 29.
Today’s poem is a Memorial Day poem asking the mourner to
pursue inner harmony and peace.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Make my death a canticle for peace.
Evil has no greater friend than anger,
Making ready converts to its cause.
On me think but of beauty as you pause,
Remembering the service of a stranger
In giving up his life to purchase yours.
All I ask is that you do your part,
Living in the sunlight of my death,
Dancing till your self-sown furies cease.
As you enjoy the gift of every breath,
Yet mourn for me with morning in your heart.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/makemy.html.
For more Memorial Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/memorialdaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Memorial Day
May 30: Make My Death a Canticle for Peace
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