Souls and Selves Are Organ Tones and Tunes

March 18, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is St. Patrick’s Day, which was celebrated yesterday, March 17^th.

Today’s poem is a St. Patrick’s Day poem with a more secular view of selves and souls.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Souls and selves are organ tones and tunes.

The soul is deep, unchanging, it abides.

Placed in time, but not of time, it rides

Above the silence, alike in graves or wombs.

The self is full of feeling as it croons,

Restricted to a shallow range, but wide.

In constant flux, it flits from side to side,

Changing as it nears its bliss or doom.

Know that soul and self sing one sweet song.

‘Mid sense and sentiment, eternity

Sings the deepest organ tone of being.

Do, then, bound for death, please sing along,

A chorister transfixed by beauty, singing,

Yielding to the rich, full harmony.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/soulsa.html. For more poems for St. Patrick’s Day, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: St. Patrick’s Day

March 12: Self Becomes Less Self the More Self-Served

March 13: Seriously, Nothing Would Surprise Me

March 14: Sing of Ireland, That Salad Bowl

March 15: Sing of the Home That You Have Never Seen

March 16: Some Would Satisfy Their Utmost Longings

March 17: Selves Are Quite the Opposite of Souls

March 18: Souls and Selves Are Organ Tones and Tunes