May 13, 2021
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is religion.
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A poem for Eid Al-Fitr about the return to the mundane world:
Eid is
bittersweet. The holy month
Is over and the mundane months begun,
Devoted to the world of work and
pleasure.
A sense of satisfaction comes at
length,
Like winds that through the open windows
run,
Freshening the soul, at last at
leisure.
In celebration, then, and with new
strength,
Turning to the many from the One,
Re-embrace the lives and loves you
treasure.
© by Nicholas Gordon
To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/eidisb.html. For more poems about religion, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/religiouspoems.html.
This week’s theme: Religion.
May 10: The Wave Without Becomes a Wave Within
May11: How Might One Untie the Knot
May 12: Each Fast Is like a Cleansing of the Soul
May 13: Eid Is Bittersweet
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