Twenty-Six Reserves the Right to Change

July 20, 2019 

Dear Subscriber: 

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is being in one’s twenties. 

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

A number poem about how time begins to narrow one’s possibilities: 

Twenty-six reserves the right to change, 

Well aware the years are in her favor. 

Even as her possibilities 

Narrow to reflect her qualities, 

The open space is something she can savor, 

Young enough to range and rearrange. 

Still, the touch of passing time is strange, 

Interrogating sensibilities, 

X-ing out unsuitable behavior. 

© by Nicholas Gordon 

If you enjoyed this poem, please like, comment on, or share it so that it might be seen and enjoyed by others. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/26.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . 

This week’s theme: Being in One’s Twenties 

7/15: Twenty Is a Bud That’s Finally Flowered 

7/16: Tough and Lovely 

7/17: Twenty-Two Worries About Earth 

7/18: The Center Stage Is Empty 

7/19: Twenty-Five Has Come into Her Own 

7/20: Twenty-Six Reserves the Right to Change

Twenty-Five Has Come into Her Own

July 19, 2019 

Dear Subscriber: 

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is being in one’s twenties. 

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

A number poem about reaching maturity: 

Twenty-five has come into her own, 

Wise enough to winnow what she dreams. 

Even in the landscape of her face 

No destination but has found its place, 

Though growing up is harder than it seems. 

Yearnings do not die through will alone. 

For now there is a firmness in her tone 

Indicative of some internal grace 

Vividly attentive in its space, 

Elegant and certain what it means. 

© by Nicholas Gordon 

If you enjoyed this poem, please like, comment on, or share it so that it might be seen and enjoyed by others. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/25.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . 

This week’s theme: Being in One’s Twenties 

7/15: Twenty Is a Bud That’s Finally Flowered 

7/16: Tough and Lovely 

7/17: Twenty-Two Worries About Earth 

7/18: The Center Stage Is Empty 

7/19: Twenty-Five Has Come into Her Own