December 12, 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is darkness and light, in honor of Chanukah (or Hanukkah), the festival of lights, the first night of which is December 10.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
A poem for Hanukkah about a possible relationship between rote ritual and faith:
Careful
when you light the Chanukah candles!
Have some water nearby just in case
A candle teeters at some crazy angle,
Not having been quite twisted into
place.
Unexpected things can sometimes
happen:
Kindling can blow in across a flame
And make of a charade a
conflagration,
Holy fire furnished by The
Name.
© by Nicholas Gordon
To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/carefu.html. For more Hanukkah poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chanukahpoems.html.
This week’s theme: Darkness and Light
December 7: And Thou Shalt Love
December 8: Cheerful Lights Dance Within Your Window
December 9: Before Earth, Water, and Air Is Fire
December 10: What Is There in the Darkness to Receive
December 11: Blessed Are Those Who Doubt the Word of God
December 12: Careful When You Light the Chanukah Candles
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