Thirty-One5

August 28, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is sacrifice, in honor of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, which falls on September 2 and commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son.

Today’s poem is a number poem about sacrificing oneself to save the Earth.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Thirty-one returns the cosmic favor,

Here, like us all, through accidental grace,

Immersed in saving what of life he can,

Reversing the revolt of modern man

That has with reason reverence replaced,

Yielding an ecology few savor.

One hopes to find some meaning in one’s labor,

Not looking for success in one’s brief span

Except to hold one’s world in one’s embrace.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/31e.html. For more political poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/politicalpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Sacrifice

August 28: Thirty-one5