Labor Ought to Earn a Decent Living

September 6, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is labor, in honor of Labor Day, which falls on September 5.

Today’s poem is a Labor Day poem about the social effects of business decisions.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Labor ought to earn a decent living

As business cannot help serve social ends,

Because the good of all of us depends

On equity in taking and in giving.

Remember that the lives of those who labor

Determine the environment of home,

As one must live at last with everyone.

Yet some forget that wages shape behavior.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/laboro.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Labor.

September 5: Lest You Think High Taxes Rob the Rich

September 6: Labor Ought to Earn a Decent Living