Some Pass Silently Across the Stage

September 8, 2019

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Note: I will be away from 9/9 to 9/29. The next poem of the day will be posted on 9/30.

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is work in honor of Labor Day, which was celebrated on September 2.

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A number poem about the vocation of an artist:

Some pass silently across the stage,

Exuberant, embittered, at peace, in pain.

Vividly, some make a different choice,

Ear to the window of their inner voice,

Necessary framers of their age.

They sing, dance, write, paint – every passion drain.

Yet no work of such love can be in vain.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Work

9/2: Unions Are a Gift of Our Own Giving

9/3: Let Unions Bear Some Blame for Their Demise

9/4: Life for Most of Us Has Not Improved

9/5: For You, Who Do Such Good, There Should Be Joy

9/6: Just Think About Desire and Circumstance

9/7: For You There’ll Always Be the Gift of Beauty

9/8: Some Pass Silently Across the Stage