November 29, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week in honor of the beginning of the holiday season
is Happy Holidays.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
.
A Happy Holidays poem from an ecumenical point of
view:
Happy Holidays! Whichever
ones
Apply: Jewish, Christian, secular!
People should be less particular,
Perhaps because the labels aren’t sums.
Year's end's a time of darkness, true, but when
Has outer darkness darkened inner light?
Our separate faiths at this sweet time unite,
Lighting one large room beyond our ken.
In celebration there is more than joy:
Days of feasting bind our friendships fast,
A fat and full embrace of things that last,
Yet holy in what sense one might employ,
Savoring all rites that spirits buoy.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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Audio and Video Music: Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major
Op9 no3, 1 Allegro. By Tomaso Albinoni. Performed by the Advent Orchestra at
the Free Music Archive under an Attribution- Share Alike license.
This week’s theme: Happy Holidays
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