March 5, 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is epitaphs.
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An epitaph for a sportswriter who helped integrate baseball:
Life blessed me with a sunny disposition
Even as I lived through terrible storms.
Sport was my passion; justice was my mission.
The world, I thought, was something one reforms.
Embrace it, then, with all your warmth and joy!
Rebel, as I did, for, and not against,
Resolving to create, not to destroy,
Open-armed and loving, not incensed.
Delight, exuberance, a child's wonder --
Not naively did I these display.
Even though the wide world split asunder,
Yet one needs to live and love and play.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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This week’s theme: Epitaphs
5/2: Be Patient with Life
5/5: Life Blessed Me with a Sunny Disposition
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