Janae

October 22, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is belief in the supernatural.

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A name poem for a woman who believes that angels are humans who died:

Janae sees the angels spread their wings

And speaks to them of life before they died.

None of them is sad, though sadness sings

As beautifully of where they now abide,

Eternal in an ether vast and wide.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Belief in the Supernatural

10/22: Janae

There Was No Love More Genuine than Mine

October 21, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

An epitaph for a cat named Tiger:

There was no love more genuine than mine;

In giving and receiving it was pure.

Grieve not, for my legacy is pleasure,

Each memory a gift that will endure,

Returning gifts you gave me in my time.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

10/17: Jasmine

10/18: Lady

10/19: Maybe I Was Skittish Among Strangers

10/20: No Man or Child Could Love You More than I

10/21: There Was No Love More Genuine than Mine

No Man or Child Could Love You More than I

October 20, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

An epitaph for a not-always-obedient dog named Nimrod:

No man or child could love you more than I.

In you I found my master, god, and friend.

Maybe there were claims I did contend,

Refusing to do this or that, but my

Only happiness was in your love,

Deserved or not, a grace my will would prove.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

10/17: Jasmine

10/18: Lady

10/19: Maybe I Was Skittish Among Strangers

10/20: No Man or Child Could Love You More than I

Maybe I Was Skittish Among Strangers

October 19, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

An epitaph for a cat named Morghan, who died early:

Maybe I was skittish among strangers:

Only you, my loved ones, owned my heart.

Racing into hiding, I would know,

Given time, the foreigners would go:

Here was home, in which they had no part.

As though I knew my fate, I dodged all dangers;

Nor could I alter it, for all my art.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

10/17: Jasmine

10/18: Lady

10/19: Maybe I Was Skittish Among Strangers

Lady

October 18, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A name poem for a deceased pet dog named Lady:

Lady was a lover to the bone.

All she wanted out of life was me.

Death might indicate that she is gone,

Yet she is here, and here will always be.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

10/17: Jasmine

10/18: Lady

Jasmine

October 17, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A name poem for a deceased pet ferret named Jasmine:

Jasmine was my best, most loyal friend,

A lover to the bone, all hot affection.

Squirming out the moment I came near,

Making for my nose or inner ear,

In ecstasy she'd lick away dejection,

Nuzzling with neither strategy nor end.

Even death has made her no less dear.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

10/17: Jasmine

Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not Have You

October 16, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

An epitaph for a cat named Emily, who was dominated by her larger sister Charlotte:

Ever I loved you, though I could not have you.

Most of my life was lived in Charlotte's shadow.

I stalked the house, meowing, muttering,

Love my joy, my burden, and my sorrow.

Yet not in silence did I do without you.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Death of a Pet

10/15: Could I But Give You Comfort in My Death

10/16: Ever I Loved You, Though I Could Not HaveYou