I Christmas Poem for Nancy <br /> <br />Noel, Noel <br />We live and we die <br />Between heaven and hell <br />Between the earth and the sky <br />And all shall be well <br />And all shall be unwell <br />And once again! all shall once again! <br /> All shall be well <br />By the ringing and the swinging <br /> of the great beautiful holiday bell <br />Of Noel! Noel! <br /> <br />II Salute Valentine <br /> <br />I'll drink to thee only with my eyes <br />When two are three and four, <br />And guzzle reality's rise and cries <br />And praise the truth beyond surmise <br />When small shots shout: More! More! More! More! <br /> <br />III Rabbi to Preach <br /> <br />Rabbi Robert Raaba will preach <br /> on "An Eye for an Eye" <br /> (an I for an I?) <br />(Two weeks from this week: "On the Sacred Would") <br />At Temple Sholem on Lake Shore Drive <br />- Pavel Slavensky will chant the liturgical responses <br />And William Leon, having now thirteen years <br /> will thank his parents that he exists <br />To celebrate his birthday of manhood, his chocolate <br />Bar Mitzvah, his yum-yum kippered herring, his Russian <br /> Corona.<br /><br />Delmore Schwartz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/occasional-poems/
