Fruit Is but a Fraction of the Tree

August 27, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a number and psychological poem about the need to care for oneself if one is to attain higher goals.

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Yours,

Nick Gordon

Fruit is but a fraction of the tree.

One savors it, but knows what makes it sweet.

Remember that the tree is what one tends,

Taking care that it gets light to eat,

Yet rain enough to drink in avidly.

 

So must one tend oneself sufficiently;

In love and joy pursue, or else defeat,

Xerophyte or hydrophyte, one's ends.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/fruiti.html. For more psychological poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/psychologicalpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Psychology

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August 25: Thirty-Four6

August 26: Forty-Four5

August 27: Fruit Is but a Fraction of the Tree