Poem of the Week

May 22: Given Angel’s Wings, Where Might You Fly

May 23: To Be an Angel, One Need Not Have Wings

May 24: Margarita Is an Angel

Saturday, May 23, 2020

To Be an Angel, One Need Not Have Wings

May 23, 2020

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

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

A name poem about what one needs to be an angel:

To be an angel, one need not have wings.

In giving love there is an equal grace.

Nor need one seek the aura in the face,

As love unveils the beauty of all things.

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This week’s theme: Angels

May 22: Given Angel’s Wings, Where Might You Fly

May 23: To Be an Angel, One Need Not Have Wings

Friday, May 22, 2020

Given Angel's Wings, Where Might You Fly

May 22, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A name poem imagining what it might be like to be like an angel:

Given angel's wings, where might you fly?

In what sweet heaven might you find your love?

Unwilling to be bound, where might you move,

Lost between the wonder and the why?

If you were but a flame of pure desire,

A light so lovely you could not be seen,

Near mad with yearning, yet somehow serene,

And that were all, what more might you require?

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This week’s theme: Angels

May 22: Given Angel’s Wings, Where Might You Fly

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Angels Have No ID Bracelets on Them

May 21, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A poem about the difficulty of recognizing angels when you see them:

Angels have no ID bracelets on them.

No features glow with heavenly delight.

Given that their wings are made of feeling,

Each flying angel's given to concealing

Love's plumage like a rainbow in the night.

Shyness cloaks the halos that surround them.

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This week’s theme: Angels

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Harpies Are But Angels Who Are Harried

May 20, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A humorous anniversary poem describing harried angels who have become harpies:

Harpies are but angels who are harried,

Angry, disappointed in their lot,

Prone to practice bickering when married,

Perhaps because they don't get what they've got.

Yet angels nonetheless, as pure inside

As deep and drifted, soot-encrusted snow,

Near the heart of God but for their pride,

No less loved, for all their squawk below.

If you find yourself pursued by harpies,

Vengeful just because . . . well, just because,

Elevate the angle of your worries,

Remembering that there are higher laws.

So may you love all beings, bright or small,

And be what you would have them be to all,

Regardless of what they might be to you.

You are the harpist, no matter what you do.

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This week’s theme: Angels

Monday, May 18, 2020

Sing as Though a Choir of Angels Near

May 19, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

An acrostic number and birthday poem for siXty-four (requiring an X), urging the person whose birthday it is to sing along with the angels:

Sing as though a choir of angels near

Immersed you in the beauty of their song!

Xylophones accompany the throng,

Though trumpets might be easier to hear.

Yet we must use the letters of the year.

Fear not that your voice will be too strong!

Offer them your music, loud and clear!

Understand that angels hold you dear,

Rejoicing as in joy you sing along.

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This week’s theme: Angels

To Angels, Time Is like a Movie

May 18, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

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

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

A name poem about how angels view our lives:

To angels, time is like a movie

Into which they fly,

Neither real nor unengrossing

As we live and die.

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This week’s theme: Angels