December 23, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week, as we approach Christmas and New Year’s, is
Season’s Greetings.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
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A Season’s Greetings poem about how the holidays are
worth the effort required to sustain them, even to people who do not believe literally
in their myths:
Send a little sunshine to your heart
Even as the gloomy days return.
A holiday's the work of will and art,
Sweet gift of time one nonetheless must earn.
Old memories and new combine to give
No little charm to your anticipation,
Singing of the love it takes to live
Gracefully, the light of all relation.
Reason sees the reason for the rite,
Even though the myth is mystical;
Even though a rational being might
Take exception to the miracle.
In full embrace of what the story means,
Not for what it says, but what it dreams,
Give voice to joy, and sing the festive song
Sung with such pure pleasure for so long.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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For more Season’s Greetings poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html
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This week’s theme: Season’s Greetings
12/17: Seasons Are like Seasonings
12/19: Short Days Augur Longer Ones
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