July 1, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is the contrast between the holy and the mundane, in
honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which began on June 26, at the end
of the month of Ramadan.
Today’s poem is a number poem about someone who pauses on
the brink of holiness.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Sixty-three suspends her animation,
Intending to replenish her reserves.
X marks the sacred center of her being,
The place beyond her appetites and nerves.
Yet still she hears the sirens of sensation.
Intending to replenish her reserves.
X marks the sacred center of her being,
The place beyond her appetites and nerves.
Yet still she hears the sirens of sensation.
To be oneself is to be all creation,
Here in ways no instrument observes,
Replenished by the simple act of seeing
Each windrow with the wonder it deserves,
Each remnant in the robes of revelation.
Here in ways no instrument observes,
Replenished by the simple act of seeing
Each windrow with the wonder it deserves,
Each remnant in the robes of revelation.
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/63b.html.
For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html
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This week’s theme: The Holy and the Mundane
June 26: Every Moment Equally Is Holy
June 29: Alessandra
June 30: Forty-Four
July 1: Sixty-Three
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