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Friday, February 19, 2021

George Does Not Admit to Telling Lies

February 19, 2021

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Presidents Day, which this year is celebrated on February 15.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

A name poem for George Washington’s Birthday about the myth that he never told a lie:

George does not admit to telling lies,
Even though he tells them every day.
One lives in a perpetual disguise,
Reduced to a self-marketed display.
Great men wear life well, for they are wise
Enough to know the things that none need say.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/georg2.html. For more poems for Presidents Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/presidentsdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Politics.
February 15: President’s Day? Presidents’ Day? Or Presidents Day?
February 16: What Might Make a Person Want to Lead
February 17: Praised Be Those Who Would Distribute Power
February 18: Andrew Was a Soldier of the Faith
February 19: George Does Not Admit to Telling Lies