Great Bosses Grant the Glory They Receive

September 12, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week, in honor of Labor Day (USA), is professions.

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A goodbye poem for a great boss:

Great bosses grant the glory they receive,
Offering their praise and their devotion.
On them the mantle settles like a cloak
Designed to shelter lots of little folk,
Bearing blame while smothering self-promotion.
Yet freely we give more than we receive,
Eager to float their ships upon our ocean.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/greatb.html. For more poems about professions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html.

This week’s theme: Professions
September 7: Shall There Be a Moment After All
September 8: The Point of Playing Roles Is Demolishing Walls
September 9: Fifty-Three, Well Armed with Expertise
September 10: Fifty-Six Devotes Himself to Beauty
September 11: For You, Who Does Such Good, There Is a Heaven
September 12: Great Bosses Grant the Glory They Receive