Saturday, February 18, 2017

Valleys Are Where People Live

February 19, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Valentine’s Day.

Today’s poem is about how beneath the need for ecstasy remains the need for love.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Valleys are where people live, where farms
Are rich, the soil fertile, and rivers flow
Like braided bloodstreams through the heart.
Even so, one longs to live on mountains,
Not satisfied with happiness, or with
The beauty of fresh flowers and old trees.
In the cupped palm of a gigantic hand,
Near heaven in a world of sculpted stone,
Each moment needs an ear, a hand to hold.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/valle2.html. For more Valentine’s Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Valentine’s Day
February 19: Valleys Are Where People Live

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