January 4, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is epiphanies, in honor of the Christian holiday
of Epiphany, which falls on January 6.
In Christianity, Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day,
celebrates the coming of the Magi to see the infant Christ in Bethlehem. But
the word epiphany refers to any sudden insight or realization. This week’s
poems will relate to epiphany in both of its meanings.
Today’s poem is a number poem about the role of imagination
in epiphanies.
I welcome comments on my poems at
http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Forever is not merely time unending.
It simply is, outside of space and time.
For us, who cannot be except in motion,
The eternal is like color to the blind,
Yearning without hope of comprehension.
There is, however, beauty in the notion.
What one imagines, one can be, depending
On powers resident in every mind.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/forev6.html.
For more philosophical poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Epiphanies
January 2: Every Child Might Redeem Your Soul
January 3: The Meaning of Eternity
January 4: Forever Is Not Merely Time Unending