Benediction for a New Year

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Benediction for a New Year
 
By Neal Whitman
 
 
Yesterday is Today's farewell
Today is Tomorrow's magic spell
Tomorrow will not be, I say
unless Yesterday becomes Today.
This New Year
this I swear
a rift will be made right
by the end of the night.
You know of Seven Wonders.
This is the Eighth:
Forgive others their blunders
Act with grace
and they will return the favor.
 
Neal Whitman is a retired teacher who found new life as a poet. He lives in Pacific Grove, CA. Neal's poetry has been published in a more than fifty journals. In 2009 he won the James McIntyre Poetry Contest in Ontario, Canada, and two honorable mentions in the Yuki Teikei Haiku Contest judged by haiku masters in Japan. His poem here was adapted from the Benediction for a Unitarian Universalist Sunday service, which the author, who is a lay member, had volunteered to deliver as part of his sermon that day.

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