Friday, August 31, 2018

Eighteen

September 1, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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A number poem about eighteen being the borderline between child and adult:

Eighteen is a windswept borderline:
In a moment, gates forever closed.
Gulf of dreams behind the vanished child,
Halfway round the corner of her smile.
The change flaps in the breeze, but in a while
Each motion turns to dance, each gesture wild
Eventually is placed, positioned, posed:
No leaping for sheer joy but by design.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Teenagers
8/27: Thirteen
8/30: Sixteen
8/31: Seventeen
9/1: Eighteen

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