Labor Is a Job or a Vocation

 

A poem for Labor Day about two ways of looking at one’s labor:

 

Labor is a job or a vocation:

As in all of life, it’s what one would.

Blessed are those who choose their situation,

Owning through their lives their livelihood.

Regardless of the job, despite conditions,

Do it well, with all your mind and heart.

All of us play life as though musicians,

Yielding well or ill our chosen part.

 

© by Nicholas Gordon

 

Audio and Video Music: Bansure Raga. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI.

 

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labor5.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html .

Poem of the Week

September 3, 2009 #545

Dear Subscriber:

This week’s poem of the week is a poem for Labor Day.

You can hear me read the poem and listen to the music for it at my site by going to http://www.poemsforfree.com and clicking on "Poem of the Week." You can also cast a vote for it to boost its popularity on Yahoo Buzz.

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Yours,

Nick Gordon

Labor is a blessing and a curse,
As one must work to live and live to work.
Better jobs to get up for or worse,
On the whole, with none you'd go berserk.
Remember, then, that dignity requires
Doing, working, laboring – a role
As giver, as attendant to desires
You recognize within some common soul.

© by Nicholas Gordon