President's Day? Presidents' Day? Or Presidents Day

February 19, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Presidents Day, which is celebrated today, February 19^th.

Today’s poem is about the proper spelling of Presidents Day.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

President's Day? Presidents' Day? Or Presidents Day?

Regarding spelling, what's the difference?

Even apostrophes must have their say,

Subtly shading each rendition's sense.

In the first, Washington alone

Deserves the day, the only president

Every state has honored on its own.

Nor does the change of date change what is meant.

The second rendition suggests that Lincoln, too,

Should share the honor, combining holidays

'Tween their birthdays, giving both their due,

Depending on which state such honor pays.

All presidents, too, the second could convey,

Yet the third one must be read that way.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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

This week’s theme: Politics

February 19: President’s Day? Presidents’ Day? Or Presidents Day?