June 4, 2016
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Memorial Day, which falls on May 30.
Today’s poem is a Memorial Day poem about how life is a gift
that is sometimes worth giving.
I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Maybe there is more to life than living.
Existence has more meaning as a means.
Maybe life's a gift that's well worth giving
Once the sacrifice distills the dreams.
Remember, then, the heroes we have squandered
In ignorance and fear and lust and greed.
All sacrifice ought equally be honored
Lest we confuse the courage with the need.
Destiny decrees the undreamed end
As some die for the dreams they would defend,
Yet yearning for what lies beyond the deed.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/maybe3.html.
For more Memorial Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/memorialdaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Memorial Day.
May 30: Maybe in the Grip of Pain
May 31: Make of Me Whatever You Desire
June 1: Memories Respond to Invitations
June 2: Memory’s an Antidote for Death
June 3: There Is in Grief a Saving Grace
June 4: Maybe There Is More to Life Than Living
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