Hooray! Hooray! The Time Has Come

October 21, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is about life as a joyful dance.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Hooray! Hooray! The time has come

To dance, to dance till day is done!

You've learned to dance the proper way.

Now dance! Now dance throughout the day!

The lovers twirl around the floor,

Round and round, then round some more.

With graceful steps they do their duty,

Making life a thing of beauty.

Round and round and round they go

Until at last they start to slow;

Then slowly, slowly round and round

Till one, then both, are in the ground.

The dance is done, the dance is over,

The two have turned to grass and clover.

Dancing did as dancing does.

But what a lovely dance it was!

© by Nicholas Gordon

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

This week’s theme: Joy.

October 17: Sing, My Loved One! Sing of All the Glory

October 18: Grace

October 19: There Is No Substitute for Lifelong Longing

October 20: The Universe Is like a Symphony

October 21: Hooray! Hooray! The Time Has Come