Rich Vein of Funky Wisdom, Soulful Art

April 4, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a jazz historian.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Rich vein of funky wisdom, soulful art;

Opulent harmonies in sync with pain;

Bebop rushing madly to the brain;

Elegant tears enveloping the heart:

Rich veins require miners to reveal

The gold that else would be encased in rock;

Gold beneath the gilded grace of pop;

Ore turned into lore, the past made real;

Lingo lit with love and well displayed;

Dug up and cast in meaning that won’t fade.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/richve.html. For more poems about professions, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Professions

April 3: Those Who Can Help Those Who Need It Most

April 4: Rich Vein of Funky Wisdom, Soulful Art

Those Who Can Help Those Who Need It Most

April 3, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a number poem to a therapist about balancing the desire to serve others with the need to serve oneself.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Those who can help those who need it most,

Having both the expertise and heart,

Intending both to profit and to give,

Retaining self enough amply to live,

Tough enough to play a tender part,

Yet understand the perils of the post.

 

One is in this life neither guest nor host,

Nor is one's empathy imperative.

Each must give with love and care and art.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/those2.html. For more poems about professions, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Professions

April 3: Those Who Can Help Those Who Need It Most

Theresa2

April 2, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a woman whose beauty is a perpetual dawn.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Theresa is the goddess of the morning,

Happy in the sunlight of her song.

Enthusiasm fills whatever room

Resounds to the bright trumpets of her bloom,

Easy-hearted, ample, clear, and strong.

So may we enjoy her daylong dawning

As even night cannot stay night for long.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/theres2.html. For more name poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Beautiful Women

March 27: Alberta

March 28: Raviporn

March 29: Antonisha

March 30: Caroline

March 31: Cheryl

April 1: Kumudu

April 2: Theresa

Kumudu

April 1, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a woman whose shy beauty is hard to notice.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Kumudu is a small white water flower:

Upon the pond's black sea, one twinkling star.

Most will never notice her perfection,

Unremarkable for her protection,

Delicate as single dewdrops are,

Untouched across the stillness of their hour.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/kumudu.html. For more name poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Beautiful Women

March 27: Alberta

March 28: Raviporn

March 29: Antonisha

March 30: Caroline

March 31: Cheryl

April 1: Kumudu

Cheryl

March 31, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a woman who will continue to be charming for the sake of her lover.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Cheryl knows the value of a smile.

Her dreams are ripe and ready for the scythe.

Eventually, love will take her over,

Replacing her passionate affair with style.

Yet Cheryl will remain soft and blithe,

Less for herself than for her treasured lover.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/cheryl.html. For more name poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Beautiful Women

March 27: Alberta

March 28: Raviporn

March 29: Antonisha

March 30: Caroline

March 31: Cheryl

Caroline

March 30, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a woman whose beauty is queenly.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Caroline is noble in her heart.

A thousand years ago she'd be a queen:

Royal in her social grace and art,

Outside unblemished, inside all serene.

Lovers line the streets of her domain

In waiting for a glimpse of her affection.

No one but one shall that sweet gift retain,

Even as all stare at her perfection.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/caroli.html. For more name poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Beautiful Women

March 27: Alberta

March 28: Raviporn

March 29: Antonisha

March 30: Caroline

Antonisha

March 29, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

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

Today’s poem is a name poem for a woman whose beauty comes from within.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Antonisha is bursting with beauty,

Now in her flowering spring.

Though one may be winsome, attractive, or pretty,

One’s beauty must come from within.

None can gaze long at the sun of her smile.

Instead, one must soon look away.

Still, one can’t help but look back for a while,

Held by a heart that would angels beguile

And turn hapless night into day.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/antoni.html. For more name poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Beautiful Women

March 27: Alberta

March 28: Raviporn

March 29: Antonisha