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Monday, October 27, 2025

Hell Has Little Hope of Happiness

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  HELL HAS LITTLE HOPE OF HAPPINESS A Halloween poem about why the inmates of Hell visit us on All Hallows’ Eve:   Hell has little hope of h...
Monday, October 20, 2025

It Wasn't Over When You Died

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  IT WASN'T OVER WHEN YOU DIED A poem about how child abuse can be passed on through generations:   It wasn't over when you died, W...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Clearly, I Was a Person of My Times

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A poem for Columbus Day in which Columbus asks us to understand the context of his actions and appreciate his role in creating our times: ...
Monday, October 6, 2025

October Is Self-Confident and Strong

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  A calendar poem for October:   O ctober is self-confident and strong, C risp and ready for the captious wind. T hough life lies less ahe...
Monday, September 29, 2025

You Wonder Whether Fate Is Accidental

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  A poem for Yom Kippur about a congregant who has doubts about the efficacy of prayer but prays out of love for the ritual:   Y ou wonder w...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Rosh Hashanah Opens to the Page

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  A Rosh Hashanah poem about the need for communal atonement:   R osh Hashanah opens to the page O n which is writ, for good or ill, our fa...
Monday, September 15, 2025

Adelaide Is Gracious to a Fault

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  A name poem for Adelaide about an abused child who grows up with an exaggerated fear of conflict:   A delaide is gracious to a fault, ...
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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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