June 17, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Father’s Day, which falls on June 18.
Today’s poem is a Father’s Day poem for a father dealing
with the difficulties of fatherhood.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Hold on to what you know – that you’re in love,
And will be for life, a sentence that’s a joy,
Pleased to have one thing you’re certain of,
Pleased to have one thing time can’t destroy.
Yes, of course, all love must ebb and flow.
Feeling is liquid, moved by winds and tides,
Above, all waves and ripples, while below
The simple, silent, unchanged truth abides.
Have faith in that sweet tie that binds you fast,
Embracing you with elemental need.
Regardless of reverses, it will last,
‘Mid grief and grace the gift of love-sown seed.
So may you cherish well what life has given,
Desiring what you have, though you have striven
Against your own unyielding gods within,
Yearning for a calmer, gentler wind.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/holdon.html.
For more Father’s Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Father’s Day
June 12: Fathers Are the Giants of Our Lives
June 14: Forget the Fantasies of Fatherhood
June 17: Hold On to What You Know – That You’re in Love
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