Weekly Poems: A Poem for Eid al-Fitr and More
Weekly Poems: A Poem for Eid al-Fitr and MoreAuthor: Nicholas GordonERASE MY SOULErase my soul and let me beInvisible as air.Detain me in Your emptinessAnd let me be just prayer.Let my passion disappear;Focus well my mind.Immerse me in infinityTill at peace I turn to seeRamadan behind.ROSH HASHANA OPENS TO THE PAGERosh Hashanah opens to the pageOn which is writ, for good or ill, our fate.Still wrestling with angels, we engage,Harrowing our hearts, our destined state.However, "we" encompasses us all,As though we were but droplets in a waveSuspended on its journey to the shore,Hard put to any single droplet save.And so we pray not only for ourselves,Nor only for our family, friends, or tribe:All must be our congregation, else,Having thus lost hope, we won't survive.JUST LOVING YOU HAS BEEN A REVELATIONJust loving you has been a revelation,Even if you hadn't loved me back.My heart now knows the secret paths of pleasure,Exchanging ends and means for greater treasure,Losing lust and grateful for the lack,Yet relishing the play of shared sensation.HALLOWEEN WRAPS FEAR IN INNOCENCEHalloween wraps fear in innocence,As though it were a slightly sour sweet.Let terror, then, be turned into a treat,Lest it undermine our common sense.Our nightmares are the founts of fancy whenceWe wander through the fields of our conceit,Eluding the true horror we must meetEmbodied in the play of our pretense,Now ranged across the night in our defense.HALLELUJAH! I'M PREGNANT! PRAISE THE LORD!Hallelujah! I'm pregnant! Praise the Lord!For the Lord has quickened my womb! With my husband,Of course, and Dr.
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