So Let Them Be, Who Have Had Sex with Children
A St. Patrick’s Day poem about the greater guilt of those in charge of abusive priests. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Selves Are Quite the Opposite of Souls
A St. Patrick’s Day poem about the difference between one’s self and one’s soul. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube.
Ramadan Reminds Us that The World
A poem for Ramadan about the role of the holiday in reminding us of the the evanescence of our earthly existence. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Rapture Comes Most Easily Within
A poem for Ramadan on the need for discipline to free oneself for prayer. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 8 Requiem. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube.
Read the Holy Book as Though Asleep
A poem for Ramadan about appreciating not just the wisdom but also the beauty of the Koran. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Touching Moment. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Reason Is No Cause for Revelation
A poem for Ramadan about the need for revelation. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ogonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube.
Righteousness Remains the Rock of Faith
A poem for Ramadan about the need for righteous behavior to sustain faith. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Immortality. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Rights Are Not Equivalent to Freedom
A poem for Ramadan about how the individual shapes and is shaped by society. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Solo Cello Passion. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube.
Erase My Soul
A poem for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr about the peace that comes from erasing oneself through prayer. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube.
The Wave Without Becomes the Wave Within
A religious poem about how the devastating tsunami of 2004 might cause some to lose their faith. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: It’s Coming. By Josh Kirsch; Media Right Productions. Music free to use at YouTube.
How Might One Untie the Knot
A religious poem about how the awareness of God’s love leaves one no alternative to the vicissitudes of faith. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Little Do You Know How Much You Love Me
A religious love poem from God to a non-believer. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Recently I Dreamed I Talked to You
A religious poem about how faith makes grief more bearable. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Seventy-Three Refocuses on Love
A religious number poem about a love that blesses all equally at any age. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. Music free to use at YouTube.
Every Moment Sings of Love and Beauty
A poem for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice, about the need to let go of self if one is to be a gift. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Song for Psalm 114: A Prayer for a Child Born in America
Song for Psalm 114: A Prayer for a Child Born in America. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Saints Are Rarely Saints, if You Know What I Mean
A St. Patrick’s Day poem about the humanity of saints. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No.6 In My Dreams. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube.
Right Action Is the Mother of Right Feeling
A Ramadan poem about the relationship between act and faith. © by Nicholas Gordon Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Easter and Passover, Eternally Linked
An Easter and Passover poem about the historical link between the two holidays. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
You Pray Not for Yourself Alone but All
A poem for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, about the communal dimension of sin: You pray not for yourself alone but all. One never chooses sin in isolation. Most evil is not merely personal. Kindness looks for common inspiration. In every act th
Christmas Is a Poem, a Myth, a Song
A Christmas poem about the beauty of Christmas even for those who may not be Christian. Christmas is a poem, a myth, a song, Here to give a god humanity, Reifying hopes for which we long, Illustrating what we cannot see. Still, its beauty overwhelms its
Roam Anywhere You Wish, and Then Return
A Ramadan poem about the compatibility of secular learning and religious faith: Roam anywhere you wish, and then return. All you want to know, you ought to know. Maybe you're afraid that what you learn Apart from holy things will turn your head. Delight
Easter and Passover Are About
A poem to a child of mixed heritage about choosing a religion: Easter and Passover are about Some pretty serious things: One, a crucifixion, and The other, slavery. But they tell of miracles, The kind from which faith springs: One, a resurrection, and O