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Graduation Shouldn't Be Too Easy

May 16, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. Since this is a week when many colleges and universities have their graduation ceremonies, the theme for this week is graduation.

Today’s poem encourages students to take demanding courses on their way to a degree.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Graduation shouldn’t be too easy,
Reducing the repute of the degree.
Although some courses might make you feel queasy,
Dreams need stairs to reach reality.
Ultimately, what matters is what you
Are capable of, your knowledge and your skill.
These years are only worth what you can do;
If you can’t, no piece of paper will.
On you is laid the burden of your fate.
Now’s your chance to learn to bear the weight.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/grad13.html. For more graduation poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/graduationpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Graduation
May 16: Graduation Shouldn’t Be Too Easy

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