Hear me read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
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read
the poem as
a YouTube video.
Audio and Video Music:
Life.
By Damiano Baldoni.
Performed by
Damiano Baldoni
at the
Free Music Archive
under an Attribution
license.
Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Clearly
there were Jews and there were Jews --
Hellenized, not Hellenized, not
caring.
Assimilation let one pick and choose,
Not wedded to the faith that one was
wearing.
Until a king sought Judaism's
end,
Kindling a flame that burned inside,
A miracle that would the faith defend
--
Here for us, a faith that else had
died.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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