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Monday, May 11, 2026

Heave a Happy Sigh of Pain and Pride

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  A poem for Mother’s Day to a mother whose grown-up child is about to leave home:   H eave a happy sigh of pain and pride, A nticipat...

Proverbs on Marriage

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Marriage is part business, part romance; Part contract, part licensure, part dance. Why marriage? Isn't love enough? Not really, when t...
Monday, April 27, 2026

So Many Years! And Now We Take for Granted

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  A political poem, written after 9/11, about the mistake of fighting terror as you would a conventional war:   So many years! And now w...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Forever Isn't Endless Time

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  A philosophical number poem about the meaning of forever:   Forever isn't endless time. It isn't time at all. For time's the...
Monday, April 13, 2026

The Passion of Love, the Passion of Lust

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  A 33 rd anniversary poem contrasting the sexual pleasures of love and lust:   T he passion of love, the passion of lust: H ow might ...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Exactly Who Are You

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  A philosophical Easter poem about one way of knowing what one owes others:   E xactly who are you? Why are you here? A nd what is your pu...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Perhaps There Is No Richer Ritual

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  A poem for Passover about the endurance of the ritual: P erhaps there is no richer ritual: A stirring tale, food, wine, prayer, and song, ...
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Nicholas Gordon
I am a poet and webmaster of Poems for Free (http://www.poemsforfree.com). All of my poems may be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
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