Eight: A Poem About Childhood Fantasies

March 2, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem for an eight year old focusing on childhood fantasies:

Eight year olds have fantasies of power:

In space or castles old, or under sail,

Grappling against darkness they prevail.

However foul the night or bleak the hour,

Troll-spirits wake, and dream a hero's tale.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

2/26: Three: A poem about the gift of childhood imagination.

2/27: Four: A poem about the secret of happiness.

2/28: Five: A poem about what five year olds like.

3/1: Six: A poem about the power of the imagination.

3/2: Eight: A poem about childhood fantasies.

Six: A Poem About the Power of the Imagination

March 1, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem for a six year old about the power of the imagination:

Six-year-olds love acting out their parts.

Imagination underlies all arts,

X-ing out the humdrum in their hearts.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

2/26: Three: A poem about the gift of childhood imagination.

2/27: Four: A poem about the secret of happiness.

2/28: Five: A poem about what five year olds like.

3/1: Six: A poem about the power of the imagination.

Five: A Poem About What Five Year Olds Like

February 28, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem about what five year olds like:

Five year olds like books and bears,
Ibises and rocking chairs,
Violets, peaches, pandas, pears,
Elephants, horses, hats, and hares.

 © by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

2/26: Three: A poem about the gift of childhood imagination.

2/27: Four: A poem about the secret of happiness.

2/28: Five: A poem about what five year olds like.

Four: A Poem About the Secret of Happiness

February 27, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem for a four year old about the secret of happiness:

Four years old is just what I am now.

Of all the ages, four years old is best

Until I'm five, and so on with the rest.

Remember: to be happy, this is how.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

2/26: Three: A poem about the gift of childhood imagination.

2/27: Four: A poem about the secret of happiness.

Three: A Poem About the Gift of Childhood Imagination

February 26, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem for a three year old about the gift of childhood imagination:

Three year olds parade around the room,

Half here and half not-here. The radiant mind

Renders worlds upon its magic loom,

Even as adults watch from their gloom,

Enchanted with the gift they left behind.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

2/26: Three: A poem about the gift of childhood imagination.

One: A Poem About Delight in Simply Being

February 25, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is one-digit number poems for children under ten.

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

A number poem about the delight of a one year old in simply being:

One is like the first fish from the sea:

Near crazy with delight merely to be,

Each stone or star an equal mystery.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: One-Digit Number Poems for Children under Ten

2/25: One: A poem about delight in simply being.

For Vegans, There Are Blessings from the Future

February 24, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics, in honor of Presidents Day, which is celebrated on February 20.

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

A number poem about people in the future looking back gratefully on present-day vegans as having made a significant political choice:

For vegans, there are blessings from the future.

One takes pleasure in them in advance,

Relishing the grateful backward glance

Towards oneself from those who’ll cherish nature,

Yet know that it did not survive by chance.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Politics

2/18: Here We Have No Harbingers

2/19: Borders Are Obscenities

2/20: Twenty-Nine4

2/21: Justice and Deterrence

2/22: First Step

2/23: The Secretary-General at Midnight

2/24: For Vegans, There Are Blessings from theFuture