Poem of the Week

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Sixty-One4

October 6, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem for a sixty-one year old about looking for a landing place:

Sixty-one surveys the rocky shore,

Intent on landing somewhere safe and sound.

X's on a map show nothing more

Than places where a ship might run aground.

Yet time moves on, and harbor must be found.

One never can know whither one is bound,

Nor what the fate one chooses has in store,

Ever till one’s ship the next point rounds.

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This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

10/2: Eight

10/3: There Is No Moment When One’s Youth Is Over

10/4: Forty-One

10/5: Fifty

10/6: Sixty-One

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Fifty6

October 5, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem of astonishment at reaching fifty:

Fifty isn’t half a century.

It couldn’t be! The numbers must be wrong!

For centuries cannot apply to me.

There is no way my life could be that long!

Yet numbers never lie. Unfortunately.

This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

10/2: Eight

10/3: There Is No Moment When One’s Youth Is Over

10/4: Forty-One

10/5: Fifty

Forty-One6

October 4, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem for a forty-one year old about the passage of time:

Forty-one is not yet past his prime --

Older, to be sure, but far from old.

Revelations come and go with time,

Their streams of wisdom running hot and cold,

Yet here and there he pans a bit of gold.

One's life is too voluminous to hold,

Nor can one slow each year's departing chime,

Even as each breath remains sublime.

This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

10/2: Eight

10/3: There Is No Moment When One’s Youth Is Over

10/4: Forty-One

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

There Is No Moment When One's Youth Is Over

October 3, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem for a twenty-nine year old about the end of youth:

There is no moment when one’s youth is over,

When one has reached the boundary of what will

Endure until the onset of one’s age.

No birthday will announce that change of stage,

That crossing into finity, until

You can look back and see that you are older.

Now you are and feel as young as ever,

In hope and thought and yearning youthful still.

Nor are your dreams less grand than your endeavors,

Even as each year you turn the page.

This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

10/2: Eight

10/3: There Is No Moment When One’s Youth Is Over

Monday, October 1, 2018

Eight2

October 2, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem about how fast eight year olds want to grow up:

Eight year olds, of course, are not yet nine.

Instead, they try to act like they are ten,

Growing up more rapidly than Time

Has time to pass more patiently with them.

They’ll slow down, I know. But who knows when?

This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

10/2: Eight

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Three4

October 1, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A number poem about three year olds and rebellion:

Three year olds are trying to break free,

Having had enough of holding hands.

Rebellion at this age comes naturally,

Even as the child takes a stand,

Exploring what a strong will can command.

This week’s theme: Age

10/1: Three

If You Loved Me, You'd Be There for Me

September 30, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A love poem asking for space to be fully oneself:

If you loved me, you'd be there for me

To help me do the things I want to do.

My whole life wouldn't be only for you,

Nor would my love determine who you'd be.

I want you to respect what I do well,

To share the joy I feel when I succeed,

To give me the encouragement I need,

To be my wings, not my protective shell.

I love you, and I want you to be mine,

But I would never say you're not allowed

To be a person who would make me proud,

To step outside into your own sunshine.

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This week’s theme: Love

9/24: I Don’t Know How We Get into These Fights

9/25: My Love for You Is Something I’m Afraid of

9/26: I Love You & Etc.

9/27: I Love You with All I Am

9/28: I Promise You My Innocence

9/29: I Want to Help You Fly

9/30: If You Loved Me, You’d Be There for Me