Silence at the Center of the Soul

November 13, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is philosophy by the numbers.

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A philosophical number poem about the silence at the center of all souls:

Silence at the center of the soul:

Infinite, eternal emptiness;

X within a place, a time, a role;

The nearest you can come to holiness.

You live in pieces; here you can be whole.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Philosophy by the Numbers

11/11: Solitude Is Never Yours Alone

11/12: Sing of the Sweet Sunlight of the Soul

11/13: Silence at the Center of the Soul

Sing of the Sweet Sunlight of the Soul

November 12, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is philosophy by the numbers.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A philosophical number poem about the experience and function of one’s inner light:

Sing of the sweet sunlight of the soul,

Energy stored as goodness and as grace,

Vivid food for hungry mind and heart,

Enduring source of wisdom and of art,

Nourishment no fortune can replace.

The light of one illuminates the whole,

Yet giving light’s a secondary role.

One first must light with love one’s inner space,

Nor need the sun do more to play its part.

Each ray of light’s the gift but not the goal.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Philosophy by the Numbers

11/11: Solitude Is Never Yours Alone

11/12: Sing of the Sweet Sunlight of the Soul

Solitude Is Never Yours Alone

November 11, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is philosophy by the numbers.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A philosophical number poem about the eternal company that is always with you:

Solitude is never yours alone.
In your heart there's always company.
Xeroxes are not the same as mirrors
That render depths beyond what you can see.
Your soul is never solely on its own.

There is a sense in which you are on loan.
Here is not just here, nor can you be
Rushing merely, borne along by rivers,
Ending as time meets eternity.
Each moment is eternal, still as stone.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Philosophy by the Numbers

11/11: Solitude Is Never Yours Alone

December Finds Himself Again a Child

November 10, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Autumn.

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A calendar poem in which December provides an image of old age:

December finds himself again a child

Even as he undergoes his age.

Cold and early darkness now descend,

Embracing sanctuaries of delight.

More and more he stares into the night,

Becoming less and less concerned with ends,

Emblem of the innocent as sage

Restored to wonder by what he must yield.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Autumn

11/4: Autumn Loves the Clarity of Change

11/5: Autumn Sheds Its Brilliant Tears

11/6: Autumn Is a Sentimental Season

11/7: September Lingers in the Arms of Love

11/8: October Is Self-Confident and Strong

11/9: November Knows the Beauty of a Line

11/10: December Finds Himself Again a Child

November Knows the Beauty of a Line

November 9, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Autumn.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A calendar poem about the minimalist beauty of November:

November knows the beauty of a line:

One stroke across the heart of a gray sky.

Vacancy is where true vision lies,

Eternity redacted into time.

Memory now moves into the garden,

Bringing with it music never heard.

Each slender, naked branch is like a word

Recalling the lost happiness of Eden.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Autumn

11/4: Autumn Loves the Clarity of Change

11/5: Autumn Sheds Its Brilliant Tears

11/6: Autumn Is a Sentimental Season

11/7: September Lingers in the Arms of Love

11/8: October Is Self-Confident and Strong

11/9: November Knows the Beauty of a Line

October Is Self-Confident and Strong

November 8, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Autumn.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A calendar poem for a gracefully aging October:

October is self-confident and strong,

Crisp and ready for the captious wind.

Though life lies less ahead and more behind,

Old age can barely peek through well-clad bones.

Beauty so outrageous can't be wrong,

Even as death steals among the stones,

Resting where the leaves lie battered, blind.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Autumn

11/4: Autumn Loves the Clarity of Change

11/5: Autumn Sheds Its Brilliant Tears

11/6: Autumn Is a Sentimental Season

11/7: September Lingers in the Arms of Love

11/8: October Is Self-Confident and Strong

September Lingers in the Arms of Love

November 7, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Autumn.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A calendar poem reminding us that September is the month when many must return to work:

September lingers in the arms of love

Even as a certain crispness calls.

Perhaps some fear she's not yet conscious of

Takes messages as she slows down and stalls,

Embracing joys that soon must be entombed.

More frequently, she starts to feel marooned.

Business bustles busily with tasks,

Each answering more questions than it asks,

Reminding her how life can be consumed.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Autumn

11/4: Autumn Loves the Clarity of Change

11/5: Autumn Sheds Its Brilliant Tears

11/6: Autumn Is a Sentimental Season

11/7: September Lingers in the Arms of Love