Poem of the Week

Thursday, July 18, 2019

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.

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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

The Center Stage Is Empty

July 18, 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 motion on the stage of life and beneath it:

The center stage is empty. Stage right

We see THE YOUNG MAN, only partially

Emerged from shadow, staring at bright

Nothingness. Stage left, in dimmer light, stand

THE MOTHER and THE FATHER, separately,

Yearning for something they no longer feel.

For us there seems little to understand:

Ordinary movement through darkness and light.

Underneath, however, all move vertically,

Reaching for more than life can reveal.

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