June 19, 2016
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is fatherhood, in honor of Father’s Day, which
falls on June 19.
Today’s poem is a Father’s Day thank-you poem from a
grateful child.
I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
The things you taught me I will always know.
How could I not? The roots have sunk so deep:
All lessons of the heart that I will keep
No matter who I am or where I go.
Kids learn from what their parents are, and so
You are my book of life, the thoughts I reap;
Only in your arms I quiet sleep;
Under my words your voice sings soft and slow.
From you I learned the rules of right and wrong
Against which I at times had to rebel,
Though with regret I carry with me still.
How lucky I am to have been loved so well,
Even as I pushed against your will,
Relying on a father fair and strong.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/thethi.html.
For more Father’s Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Fatherhood.
June 13: Children Need a Daddy
June 14: I Have You in My Bones
June 16: Daddy, I Love You
June 17: Fathers Who Must Love from Far Away
Jun 19: The Things You Taught Me I Will AlwaysKnow
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