Heaven Runs a Pretty Good Hotel

November 20, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is anniversaries.

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A sixteenth anniversary poem about how beautifully Heaven has designed the hotel of marriage:

Heaven runs a pretty good hotel.
All is well arranged for happiness,
Placed just so, to heighten tenderness,
Placed to spirits heal and sorrows quell.
Yet some against such hostelry rebel,
So pitched on pain they see it as success,
Invested in the cause of their distress,
Xerophytes, who would in deserts dwell.
The choice is there before you every day:
Enduring love or unenduring pleasure,
Exiting the garden of your grace.
Nor is there any reason not to stay,
There being at this inn the things you treasure,
Here, where Heaven runs a pretty good place.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/heave9.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Anniversaries
November 16: How Can I Tell You More than I Can Know
November 17: Have an Angel Assigned to Your Account
November 18: Happy Thirteenth Anniversary
November 19: Have Another Look at What You’ve Done
November 20: Heaven Runs a Pretty Good Hotel