The Years of Getting Ready Are Now Over

April 30, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. Since many colleges and universities have their graduation ceremonies in early May, the theme for this week is College Graduation.

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A graduation poem about the challenges that await:

The years of getting ready are now over.

On you now lies the burden of your life.

The teachers that await you will be tougher,

Having need to use you for their wealth.

Even so, you stand upon tall shoulders,

Granted the sweet chance to be prepared,

Ready to assume the work of others,

Anxious for the wind that bears your word.

Do well, my dear one! All my love goes with you

Underneath the rhythm of your day,

An organ tone that will not wane or waver

Though you run through the gates that mark your way,

Exultant in your work as in your play.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: College Graduation

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4/30: The Years of Getting Ready Are Now Over