Thirty-Eight6

March 3, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is the artist.

Today’s poem is a number poem about an artist who suddenly realizes that he needs to make a living.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Thirty-eight must now make hay from beauty,

Having lost his love for lack of cents.

In professing a profession that pays well,

Rejuvenating what he has to sell,

The artist weighs ideals against expense,

Yearning for his bit of labor's booty.

Even as he redefines his duty

Intent on an intention less intense,

Grappling with his heart, he cannot tell

How much his art was an excuse to fail,

There being need no longer for pretense.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/38f.html. For more philosophical poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html .

This week’s theme: The Artist

February 26: There Is No Better Painting than a Sunrise

February 27: Fifty-Five3

February 28: Forty-Five6

March 1: Fifty-Four3

March 2: To Be Consumed by Something More than Beauty

March 3: Thirty-Eight6