April 20, 2019
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Easter and Passover. The first night of
Passover was on April 19th, and Easter is celebrated on April 21st.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
.
A poem for both Easter and Passover for someone who is of
both Jewish and Christian heritage:
Every holiday makes life
more special
And waters
well the roots of one’s relations.
Some are
more and some are less essential,
Though all
are built upon the same foundations.
Each
holiday, of course, has its own story,
Religion,
rites, meaning, icons, beauty,
Practices
that perpetuate some glory,
All mitzvot combining joy and duty.
Still, if
one’s a bridge between two cultures,
Savoring
the holidays of both,
One can
see, beneath their varied pleasures,
Vaults
haunted by the same primeval ghosts.
Each soul
depends on holidays to be
Restored to an
else unclaimed legacy.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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For more Easter poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/easterpoems.html
. For more Passover poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/passoverpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Easter and Passover
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