January 26, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is dance, used metaphorically.
Today’s poem is a Seasons Greetings poem in which one dances
to the rhythm of the year.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
So shall the changing seasons mark the year,
Earth tilted at an angle towards the sun,
As all dance to that rhythm, everyone
Singing down the days, sun-drenched or drear.
One needs holidays to make things clear,
Needs rhythms to reveal how time will run,
Singing as the cycle’s almost done,
Glad still to be although the cold winds near.
Remember that this time of celebration
Endures within the vestibule of winter,
Endures because one’s joy in life requires
That one undo the dark with inner light.
It needs an unremitting affirmation,
Not least because the season can be bitter,
Grace consuming one’s lifelong desires,
So beautiful one dances into night.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/sosha2.html.
For more Season’s Greetings poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html
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This week’s theme: Dance, Used Metaphorically
January 22: Kaylee
January 23: Death Can Also Be a Dance
January 24: Dinosaurs Will Dance All Day
January 25: It All Went Far Too Quickly
January 26: So Shall the Changing Seasons Mark the Year
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