October 4, 2019
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which
began this year at sunset on Sept. 29 and ended on the evening of October 1.
I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
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A poem for Rosh Hashanah about the need for forgive others
if one is to ask for forgiveness for oneself:
Revenge is often taken in the mind.
Open wounds
untreated tend to bleed.
Some who else would
be both good and kind
Hate others in the
thought, if not the deed.
Have mercy, then,
upon yourself, and clear
Away the anger
twisting you inside,
Sanctifying for the
coming year
Heart and spirit,
cleansed of pain and pride.
As you ask
forgiveness, so forgive,
Nor need you lose
your honor with your fury.
All find their just
reward in how they live,
Held to account by a
less partial jury.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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For more poems for the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Rosh Hashanah
10/4: Revenge Is Often Taken in the Mind
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