July 21, 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is anniversaries.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
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An anniversary poem in praise of the grace and wisdom of a
wife:
To Ellen, lady of such grace
As well might grace a husband's life;
Whose gentle Quattrocento face
Conveys the wisdom of the wife.
As well might grace a husband's life,
She has a way with words, whose wit
Conveys the wisdom of the wife
Obliquely, bit by subtle bit.
She has a way with words, whose wit
Works patiently, as each dawn comes
Obliquely, bit by subtle bit,
Till even fools can see the sun.
Works patiently, as each dawn comes
To bring the blind Earth’s gloom to light,
Till even fools can see the sun
Restore the truths long lost to night.
To bring the blind Earth’s gloom to light,
Whose gentle Quattrocento face
Restores the truths long lost to night?
To Ellen: lady of such grace!
© by Nicholas Gordon
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This week’s theme: Anniversaries
July 21: To Ellen, Lady of Such Grace
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