One Late Summer Afternoon

July 27, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is summer.

Today’s poem is about the recognition of death waiting behind a late summer afternoon sky.

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Yours,

Nick Gordon

One late summer afternoon

As the stars waited patiently

Behind a deep cobalt sky,

I took my usual suburban walk,

Up this hill, down that hill,

Past tiny lawns and tidy gardens,

Till I stopped, and imagined the stars

Behind the sky, waiting,

Then took a deep breath and went on.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/onelat.html. For more poems about death, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/deathpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Summer.

July 25: Summer

July 26: It’s Been So Good to Have You as a Friend

July 27: One Late Summer Afternoon