May 14, 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is graduation since many colleges and
universities have their graduations in May.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
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A graduation poem about the transient nature of knowledge:
Happy graduation! For at last
A goal long sought has finally been achieved!
Praised be those who persevere, for they
Prepare the ground for gardens that will come,
Yielding fruit for many yet unborn!
Give back the gifts that else would bind you fast,
Returning to the wind what you've received.
A scholar's not a storehouse but a way,
Doing what will ever be undone,
Undoing what was once a brave new dawn.
All that you have labored for is past.
There is no longer knowledge long believed.
In truth, the truth is subject to decay,
Opening a world of wonders, one
Not cubbyholed or clipped, of mystery shorn.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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This week’s theme: Graduation
May 13: Graduates Become the Cover Story
May 14: Happy Graduation
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