https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/careful-when-you-light-the-chanukah-candles Careful When You Light the Chanukah Candles A poem for Hanukkah about a possible relationship between rote ritual and faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Sharp Senses. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/pLEjmKJDYiINwqYP/pLEjmKJDYiINwqYP_j1606244288412-hjho8h_t1606244330.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/pLEjmKJDYiINwqYP/1687927912/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=a44b17d2d8837a20232fd8fd08d927978e20e9b2 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/and-thou-shalt-love And Thou Shalt Love A poem for Hanukkah about light, darkness, and faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fshssCGnUqgTkcJf/fshssCGnUqgTkcJf_j1606274708781-0hhui5_t1606274834.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fshssCGnUqgTkcJf/1690808135/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=94a0ea44863a882a8f98a01be31811d4e6f42919 177 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-gift-more-precious-than-ones-health There Is No Gift More Precious than Ones Health A thank you poem to healthcare workers. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Beneath the Moonlight. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/hKyDJtGCksDojQAS/hKyDJtGCksDojQAS_j1606279400224-seh21a_t1606279461.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hKyDJtGCksDojQAS/1690242368/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=d4064882d0d5dc5211301b13b8083a65675fb4f1 55 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thank-you-for-having-faith-in-me Thank You for Having Faith in Me A thank you poem from someone suffering from manic depression to a friend. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SlNVJgDVuSVBOeVx/SlNVJgDVuSVBOeVx_j1606356579444-ynlm3d_t1606356612.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SlNVJgDVuSVBOeVx/1687071147/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5766e9c1cc026c491311c2ab794c60fd021d9dc9 29 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/cheerful-lights-dance-within-your-window Cheerful Lights Dance Within Your Window A poem for Hanukkah about the need, even in the midst of holiday cheer, never to forget the horrors of the Holocaust. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/EurXUFrhzCdPdtFI/EurXUFrhzCdPdtFI_j1606358583409-1ezodp_t1606358626.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/EurXUFrhzCdPdtFI/1685753783/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b1c7eb05ebcae5dd24e161c49e21025bc1d088ad 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/before-earth-water-and-air-is-fire Before Earth, Water, and Air Is Fire A poem for Hanukkah about the elemental fire of Creation within us. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: E Minor Prelude. By Frederic Chopin. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/qBhmffikWmniONCv/qBhmffikWmniONCv_j1606360447233-5nmz3b_t1606360532.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qBhmffikWmniONCv/1689746071/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=506520d0417b0bf7826640c0b25fb6fddcbeb2d1 90 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/what-is-there-in-the-darkness-to-receive What Is There in the Darkness to Receive A Hanukkah poem questioning the existence and nature of God while wishing to celebrate Creation. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No. 6 In My Dreams. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/zkQSFtxHpPNypMRs/zkQSFtxHpPNypMRs_j1606362632066-ak3xtk_t1606362692.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/zkQSFtxHpPNypMRs/1690933342/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=836bfd9f5e5c05e8ee17ebf5e3f8220b27db2c12 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/blessed-are-those-who-doubt-the-word-of-god Blessed Are Those Who Doubt the Word of God A poem for Hanukkah about the need to practice ones faith with an open mind. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Falling Rain. By Myuu. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/YThvIhqjTmvUKgHT/YThvIhqjTmvUKgHT_j1606420071725-qk8trl_t1606420184.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/YThvIhqjTmvUKgHT/1691877527/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=423e068d4a881e092f435742c6cb971471a55403 162 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-me-your-life-has-been-an-inspiration To Me Your Life Has Been an Inspiration A thank you poem to an influential mentor. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Chords of Harmony. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/eRjsvEDNAFmJtsGV/eRjsvEDNAFmJtsGV_j1606445313416-icssbi_t1606445594.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/eRjsvEDNAFmJtsGV/1692046277/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9dcb37b1b0337bc70edcfcd10eaf413ac72af718 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/eight-days-the-light-continued-on-its-own Eight Days the Light Continued on Its Own A poem for Hanukkah about each of us as oil lamps burning with infinite light. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IMonxjqeqdCZWDov/IMonxjqeqdCZWDov_j1606447877181-mvnuqy_t1606447922.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IMonxjqeqdCZWDov/1693749193/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6bd62d8b2a740d9a1cfd4ba167187a63fe1ced84 59 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/please-accept-my-gratitude Please Accept My Gratitude A thank you poem to in-laws. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Love Letters. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/AZSyIaLbpuwrpYvX/AZSyIaLbpuwrpYvX_j1606539853936-39vbum_t1606539893.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AZSyIaLbpuwrpYvX/1686991505/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f1056da6661d858db00f74804ebd447ab4c61cda 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thank-you-for-naming-yours-after-our-own Thank You for Naming Yours After Our Own A thank you poem for naming someone after a deceased loved one. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No.2 Remembering Her. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WNhkCzsDqofEzIVx/WNhkCzsDqofEzIVx_j1606620218513-fqzfn7_t1606620267.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WNhkCzsDqofEzIVx/1690476627/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2008cb97c1adfa67361cef14fee4dad1aa8023e7 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-good-to-celebrate-both-holidays How Good to Celebrate Both Holidays A Happy Holidays poem to a child who is half Christian and half Jewish. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Pachabelly. By Huma-Huma. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/aiCBeDDFudtLrJot/aiCBeDDFudtLrJot_j1606713570772-9rkmj1_t1606713617.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/aiCBeDDFudtLrJot/1722608371/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=70c546be39cb126ade89802623e1487caa49a9fe 59 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/here-we-have-three-holidays Here We Have Three Holidays A Happy Holidays poem to a child describing the three year-end holidays as three birds singing together in the snow. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Mr. Sunny Face. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IKfFQIYQRBlpfZFZ/IKfFQIYQRBlpfZFZ_j1606794370049-2tojof_t1606794416.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IKfFQIYQRBlpfZFZ/1692701798/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=844a9dd7af359e8ad4af343bd0c34bec85cd04f6 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/health-and-happiness-to-you-and-yours Health and Happiness to You and Yours A Happy Holidays poem about dressing up holiday wishes in poetry. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/LQraTyTvLZwRgEnQ/LQraTyTvLZwRgEnQ_j1606879830693-3tvmks_t1606879873.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LQraTyTvLZwRgEnQ/1687060812/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=46e1eba375abd8b40eb28fe6e4d782883a1a707e 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-love-that-graces-every-season Sing of Love, That Graces Every Season A Seasons Greetings poem about why love is especially needed in this season of cold and darkness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Away. By Geographer. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/iUhxPqsVoUgeVxmI/iUhxPqsVoUgeVxmI_j1606916788000-bvw2rc_t1606916840.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/iUhxPqsVoUgeVxmI/1682932377/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0b0b305e4fd29d4faef1ac555f866d6af904d496 73 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/say-theres-neither-santa-claus-nor-god Say Theres Neither Santa Claus nor God A Seasons Greetings poem to someone who recently joined the Unitarian Universalist church. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Bike Sharing to Paradise. By Dan Bodan. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/ROEHNBdhJAbDeRTh/ROEHNBdhJAbDeRTh_j1606925500406-2xt91l_t1606925551.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ROEHNBdhJAbDeRTh/1692637330/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3c53e0f7186474cf1636b6a865f3599a4b22a4fc 72 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/safe-within-the-womb-of-expectation Safe Within the Womb of Expectation A Seasons Greetings poem about the pleasures and the difficulties of returning to ones childhood home for the holidays. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/zBHykMJUdnabfjRd/zBHykMJUdnabfjRd_j1606929880694-d8ared_t1606929931.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/zBHykMJUdnabfjRd/1687192978/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=12f975e96229b13c84f9c641627b9c6e2cfaf43b 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/share-a-bit-of-sunshine-on-dark-days Share a Bit of Sunshine on Dark Days A Seasons Greetings poem about lighting the cold, dark days with inner delight. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Heart Strings. By Coyote Hearing. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/QGGoPALsVnLDBuiY/QGGoPALsVnLDBuiY_j1606931691158-bbx5z5_t1606931740.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/QGGoPALsVnLDBuiY/1683471081/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=501d80af55d548a588a2c4fb7b9da95ad902f318 69 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/some-refuse-the-pleasures-of-the-season Some Refuse the Pleasures of the Season A Seasons Greetings poem about enjoying religious holidays even when one is not religious. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Just Stay. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UKgJyPTYGvZrakXb/UKgJyPTYGvZrakXb_j1606933103951-8xvohk_t1606933153.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UKgJyPTYGvZrakXb/1690524031/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1e1916e3d82e74805f849b340c5b7a72f8f52f5d 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-love-and-happiness-and-joy Sing of Love and Happiness and Joy A Seasons Greetings poem to a couple who is devoted to making the world a better place. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/iVlVSqwQYdXyaBjf/iVlVSqwQYdXyaBjf_j1606941397703-jkj4eu_t1606941448.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/iVlVSqwQYdXyaBjf/1686124200/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6c0c29ae813d6e1a550a41e0dba33ba7100cb6d0 69 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/so-may-this-season-of-sweet-celebration So May This Season of Sweet Celebration A Seasons Greetings poem about passing holiday traditions on to the next generation. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Moonlight Sonata. By Ludwig Van Beethoven. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/aXFrEoRoAOIAMymK/aXFrEoRoAOIAMymK_j1606955954071-ynvpwd_t1606956014.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/aXFrEoRoAOIAMymK/1685426203/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8ddee26020bd2dd2156d070722434002d18725cb 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-better-time-than-now There Is No Better Time than Now A Happy Holidays poem to a child of mixed religious heritage about the holidays as a time of celebration. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: English Country Garden. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SRoeAuqXPmqQTrzL/SRoeAuqXPmqQTrzL_j1606973060276-lk5s51_t1606973114.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SRoeAuqXPmqQTrzL/1722606515/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=965ae783e187963b1f6915f7e7803429b3eea278 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happy-happy-holidays-to-you2 Happy, Happy Holidays to You2 A Happy Holidays poem to a grandniece about how her great-uncles years of love for her grandfather translate into close ties of love between him and her. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uUOYkMTbAqwbrmsr/uUOYkMTbAqwbrmsr_j1607036793054-4rja1g_t1607036861.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uUOYkMTbAqwbrmsr/1688990374/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6bcf392dd5aa92fc5390f7fc633a293ff277e673 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/holidays-are-happy-days2 Holidays Are Happy Days2 A Happy Holidays poem about the difficulty of accepting happiness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Maryandras Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/JGsuYOAvXTAMOHds/JGsuYOAvXTAMOHds_j1607137812660-7i41ph_t1607137868.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JGsuYOAvXTAMOHds/1686877175/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=588b2f262b5c5bf690952cd7fd5df81409a07ddc 49 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-might-one-be-happy-but-by-loving How Might One Be Happy but by Loving A Happy Holidays poem about love as the source of happiness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MkkXsLWqEXTcIESZ/MkkXsLWqEXTcIESZ_j1607232711848-goe6cc_t1607232758.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MkkXsLWqEXTcIESZ/1722599990/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=e0c792cae458e50615e78bdba32190b8e91cb5bb 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/christmas-is-a-holiday-for-friends Christmas Is a Holiday for Friends A Christmas poem about Christmas and friendship. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No.2 Remembering Her. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OlUQXfdyLsTwiwuR/OlUQXfdyLsTwiwuR_j1607807072528-gumbqv_t1607807102.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OlUQXfdyLsTwiwuR/1687621929/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3d9f0c9b741bccd4acad9d9e720bba01b836dd5e 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/christmas-is-for-cowards-too-and-thieves Christmas Is for Cowards, Too, and Thieves A Christmas poem about learning to love as Christ loved. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/zoPhLyTcfIEzpLQO/zoPhLyTcfIEzpLQO_j1607808778535-u7inwg_t1607808811.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/zoPhLyTcfIEzpLQO/1689075739/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1bec81fec3d38bede3e488bd2466768f23d222b4 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/christmas-really-isnt-about-toys Christmas Really Isnt About Toys A Christmas poem about putting more emphasis on the spiritual meaning of Christmas. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Dancing Star. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xApfImfPfNGYIXmo/xApfImfPfNGYIXmo_j1607838297307-55f5v3_t1607838336.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xApfImfPfNGYIXmo/1690204455/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f7fe374f58334958d830bdfc95c14de8580650e4 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/could-there-be-angels-waiting-in-the-wings Could There Be Angels Waiting in the Wings A Christmas poem about loving the beauty of Earth as angels love Heaven. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Heavenly. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/rGotHsWaqmLZaqzZ/rGotHsWaqmLZaqzZ_j1607924200171-lw58n9_t1607924228.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rGotHsWaqmLZaqzZ/1688024663/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c89e607b36a6a0991d38fa0b914b3bc51b630c21 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/glad-tidings-are-a-coat-of-many-colors Glad Tidings Are a Coat of Many Colors A Christmas poem about the variety of contributors to religious faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Just Stay. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/siVPMoChyOkzoDch/siVPMoChyOkzoDch_j1607925485494-4r9g86_t1607925524.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/siVPMoChyOkzoDch/1691966783/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=01e69d6d34227847ecf0d69b9c1b463f012c3303 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/charity-begins-where-interest-ends Charity Begins Where Interest Ends A philosophical Christmas poem about charity and selflessness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: One Step Closer. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/KFbBVaTKTDzmxHUV/KFbBVaTKTDzmxHUV_j1607926757697-n8ogbo_t1607926787.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KFbBVaTKTDzmxHUV/1686386661/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=42e8bf8c9ccefba2a2ababca5822b696346102af 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/make-not-much-of-what-youre-missing Make Not Much of What Youre Missing A philosophical Christmas poem about finding satisfaction. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Requiem for Cello. By Hanu Dixit. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/lYibcCZyuYPEGLuk/lYibcCZyuYPEGLuk_j1607928092352-1r1wzr_t1607928133.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lYibcCZyuYPEGLuk/1690591619/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=78870c7a102c7e20dfd7c083ceb0ab5bfeba6ad9 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-be-thirteen-is-to-be-well-a-teen To Be Thirteen Is to Be, Well, a Teen A number poem for a thirteen-year-old about beginning her teen years. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Bike Sharing to Paradise. By Dan Bodan. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MjvGiXOoxWAtWTpR/MjvGiXOoxWAtWTpR_j1608139009504-j1sqlv_t1608139039.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MjvGiXOoxWAtWTpR/1722589168/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=95d3928597a30bbc59ed9ee1a418d22d1a80b08a 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/revel-in-the-moment-its-well-earned Revel in the Moment! Its Well Earned A retirement poem bidding farewell to a colleague about to begin a new life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Watercolor Lilies. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/QiJkpvsLItshFlCq/QiJkpvsLItshFlCq_j1608141242504-z7s2co_t1608141284.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/QiJkpvsLItshFlCq/1692219599/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=db2cfffaf2c270ec42b75744c1dd57ae537fb309 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/congratulations-on-your-retirement Congratulations on Your Retirement A congratulations-on-your-retirement poem to someone who was forced to retire. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Walking in the Sky. By Nico Staf. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XDXRuSkNiSgrAmNa/XDXRuSkNiSgrAmNa_j1608142645047-jg3x2q_t1608142693.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XDXRuSkNiSgrAmNa/1691384153/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=14380689a4494467edbd726ab1f2950935836b50 66 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/out-of-who-we-are-comes-where-we-live Out of Who We Are Comes Where We Live A philosophical congratulations poem for a new home. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Victoria. By Density and Time. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/suvedjYCWGbFWTWe/suvedjYCWGbFWTWe_j1608144235194-hhl7kc_t1608144276.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/suvedjYCWGbFWTWe/1685769751/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5995364970219fd5b9b485cb156a84e016a59b7e 54 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/midnight-is-a-purely-human-thing Midnight Is a Purely Human Thing A New Years Day poem for the beginning of the new millennium. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: A Revelation. By Jeremy Blake. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IGWeqaUNtZBDwpZs/IGWeqaUNtZBDwpZs_j1608145583601-97q0rr_t1608145625.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IGWeqaUNtZBDwpZs/1684350927/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ad61174c72cfc61aa4af156a1dd0e934dd4883cb 43 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/heres-to-chey-and-corey Heres to Chey and Corey A wedding poem in the form of a toast to a couple about to begin a new life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/qgtSHGhRCJDpdnDb/qgtSHGhRCJDpdnDb_j1611348867027-hay7bl_t1611348891.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qgtSHGhRCJDpdnDb/1684432989/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9678c88729ef3ddf8f1eb1e92bed0f84f537f994 23 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/love-redeems-the-passions-of-the-moment Love Redeems the Passions of the Moment A philosophical love poem about the fundamental attraction that underlies all being. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/JdEEwEfingGeXJVx/JdEEwEfingGeXJVx_j1611350130579-lc6a12_t1611350186.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JdEEwEfingGeXJVx/1684559178/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=fa94ec376fb06b307c49a6be869e3a4cbfe8db19 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/lust-for-the-one-you-love Lust for the One You Love A love poem about how love can enrich the pleasures of lust. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Please. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SvzktjRxyrPaOMRL/SvzktjRxyrPaOMRL_j1611513671029-700xn1_t1611513708.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SvzktjRxyrPaOMRL/1685685862/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8f534eeca824a5d3f99d6104ca552eac9e897f0d 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hunger-is-an-organ-tone Hunger Is an Organ Tone A Valentines Day poem about the ubiquity of longing. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Carried. By Lauren Duski. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OnGWrqGkTnhVKmtM/OnGWrqGkTnhVKmtM_j1611951424875-55z3p2_t1611951461.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OnGWrqGkTnhVKmtM/1685432747/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=50bbf54acad7df5a427603cd1cb00cbed8ebb318 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/although-our-love-is-over-it-remains Although Our Love Is Over, It Remains A Valentines Day poem to a former lover. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Touching Moment. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MQUlqkhQegEdywKx/MQUlqkhQegEdywKx_j1611952987272-jik2ak_t1611953031.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MQUlqkhQegEdywKx/1690052446/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=168df1db5297ca80732980b7e42ca19cb4fcd34c 55 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/be-with-us-in-the-circle-of-our-love Be With Us in the Circle of Our Love A Valentines Day poem from a group to a stranger who is alone. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OTfPnkrcgAoEKbnj/OTfPnkrcgAoEKbnj_j1611954681175-u5wfxm_t1611954729.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OTfPnkrcgAoEKbnj/1683199087/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f07e0095f3c28309a7613caab28b3dc340d49aa1 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/blessed-are-those-who-cherish-well-their-loves Blessed Are Those Who Cherish Well Their Loves A Valentines Day poem about the importance of cherishing ones love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HDikxrJDmIdWOYIX/HDikxrJDmIdWOYIX_j1612115967661-36wwps_t1612116011.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HDikxrJDmIdWOYIX/1690203453/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=edf45e80a3c879f636e2182f09a0b36856d42fd4 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/carrie-is-my-valentine Carrie Is My Valentine A Valentines Day name poem about second chances in love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Angels Dream. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/DkERCwaaKGkwQmEp/DkERCwaaKGkwQmEp_j1612117395303-inkewf_t1612117427.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DkERCwaaKGkwQmEp/1692546523/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ca11a432c800d061fa77cab0fa851e23b7b929c2 19 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/from-a-secret-admirer From a Secret Admirer A Valentines Day poem from a secret admirer that is a humorous version of a much more famous poem. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Love Letters. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IvUGgXpAJmwUCHxd/IvUGgXpAJmwUCHxd_j1612118957771-dey80z_t1612119005.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IvUGgXpAJmwUCHxd/1681890246/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=671b3a521dfc98b870eb01ae09104b092bd9cfb5 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/a-valentine-is-nothing-like A Valentine Is Nothing Like A Valentines Day poem about what a Valentine is, and is not, like. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UlNRLsfXZviTutqg/UlNRLsfXZviTutqg_j1612120649046-ya5eu1_t1612120686.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UlNRLsfXZviTutqg/1684540369/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9e5bbba5c9f92ccf22e065241f8f67775014f048 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-president-was-without-precedent The President Was Without Precedent A poem for Presidents Day about the importance of the precedents set by George Washington. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: English Country Garden. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/BhbenCfdHgavACtp/BhbenCfdHgavACtp_j1612205531214-0nswlx_t1612205605.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BhbenCfdHgavACtp/1692268936/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2d867518965dbde80728cff71b6a38811545b7f8 86 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/great-ends-demand-great-sacrifice Great Ends Demand Great Sacrifice A political name poem for George Washingtons Birthday about the qualities of a great leader. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allemande. By Wahneta Meixsell. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HPtICAvJiHxcwxEF/HPtICAvJiHxcwxEF_j1612217213586-m63t6r_t1612217267.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HPtICAvJiHxcwxEF/1685099294/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=276403353c03ed3388fbf17ef9a3c16fe1ef0c00 72 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/presidents-day-presidents-day-or-presidents-day Presidents Day? Presidents Day? Or Presidents Day? A poem for Presidents Day on how to spell the holidays name. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Pouring Out. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IoMKaLcBNaBaSvZW/IoMKaLcBNaBaSvZW_j1612817995671-lm2kxx_t1612818046.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IoMKaLcBNaBaSvZW/1691524841/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c5cbba5eb2c6c3b89a8dee02607624f297c49692 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/what-might-make-a-person-want-to-lead What Might Make a Person Want to Lead A political poem for Presidents Day on the motivations and dangers of pursuing political power. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/BbqXirCfVUfFbBNc/BbqXirCfVUfFbBNc_j1612895674452-lacdq3_t1612895722.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BbqXirCfVUfFbBNc/1692902589/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4e5b307adff1c021994c5d3b1bfeaae3ef1aeddc 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/praised-be-those-who-would-distribute-power Praised Be Those Who Would Distribute Power A political poem for Presidents Day about the virtues of the separation of powers. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wonder. By VYEN. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/CmcDFCRnnerGximV/CmcDFCRnnerGximV_j1612897558782-gpqiv6_t1612897610.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CmcDFCRnnerGximV/1690930799/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7ae15d8bb841ceb7bec09e7e5b71a75fe658650e 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/andrew-was-a-soldier-of-the-faith Andrew Was a Soldier of the Faith A political name poem about someone who was blinded by a political ideology and now regrets it. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Cypher. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/YzePJQbcOmYmRTky/YzePJQbcOmYmRTky_j1612898904059-v6cp2n_t1612898929.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/YzePJQbcOmYmRTky/1689119813/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=476bdc02e81af0afb115e0ac8db443f9a273fdfd 30 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/george-does-not-admit-to-telling-lies George Does Not Admit to Telling Lies A name poem for George Washingtons Birthday about the myth that he never told a lie. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Turning Slowly. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WiepMvbbRZdIxytU/WiepMvbbRZdIxytU_j1612901774377-pdxkfr_t1612901797.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WiepMvbbRZdIxytU/1685033564/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=36a23b6c83e5db0ef4172a52762b12c9db771c81 28 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fifty-eight-comes-often-to-the-table Fifty-Eight Comes Often to the Table A political and philosophical number poem about a political activist who delights in life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/rsohIqZRtbPEVEWV/rsohIqZRtbPEVEWV_j1612905908915-6hfcnn_t1612905942.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rsohIqZRtbPEVEWV/1689522820/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c6b5fc8f5fa9b2d5d6b09c84e723f5067adaad5f 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fifty-nine-takes-pleasure-in-exposing Fifty-Nine Takes Pleasure in Exposing A political number poem about a political activist who sees the evil of merely accepting everyday oppression. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Chariots of Fire. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WCmpPaSdoPajuRjM/WCmpPaSdoPajuRjM_j1612907512940-ox44el_t1612907542.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WCmpPaSdoPajuRjM/1687718541/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=570af1ee2c7ade2546500e644cb220ac100bf54a 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/adam-is-a-model-for-us-all Adam Is a Model for Us All A philosophical name poem about the interactive nature of revelation. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/LiaqMkeNbbRArABk/LiaqMkeNbbRArABk_j1613328672051-sttt2h_t1613328690.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LiaqMkeNbbRArABk/1691776108/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=55c482b5f2397df3c1e7e94a9a35d15ff3c88215 17 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/alan-is-an-absolute-delight Alan Is an Absolute Delight A name poem for a person with a sunny disposition who devotes his happiness to alleviating anothers sorrow. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: The Beauty of Love. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/JNcxteLKPFFmxpdf/JNcxteLKPFFmxpdf_j1613329987147-w46rhg_t1613330009.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JNcxteLKPFFmxpdf/1689961478/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=aa088e82f0b8e2174d7e7ea7c74bfedc9796d5b0 20 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/alessandro-savors-solitude Alessandro Savors Solitude A philosophical name poem for someone who has withdrawn deep into our common soul. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Watercolor Lilies. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/coVXVuBWRrxHiMpM/coVXVuBWRrxHiMpM_j1613331355625-k1jcww_t1613331395.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/coVXVuBWRrxHiMpM/1685919598/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6b390fa7f62e2040676c54d58fa98a6a160dafdf 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/nessen-sings-a-solitary-song Nessen Sings a Solitary Song A philosophical name poem for someone who is able to transform the world by embracing it. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Resolution. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/iQDJywcNgSMTpACX/iQDJywcNgSMTpACX_j1613370976734-yn54xd_t1613371003.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/iQDJywcNgSMTpACX/1681791852/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9a60784cd8d5657fc113f35accb7fd594386a24c 28 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/said-is-dr-happy Said Is Dr. Happy A name poem for someone who at ninety is still dancing through life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Dancing Star. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/sshjhCdZwmGmtfvb/sshjhCdZwmGmtfvb_j1613372359378-8gsf26_t1613372383.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/sshjhCdZwmGmtfvb/1691215374/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=db5096ad18c71e9fad02a5ebb7df240ba7848808 22 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/stanleys-everything-ive-ever-wanted Stanleys Everything Ive Ever Wanted A name poem for an ideal lover. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Lifting Dreams. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dUrNusoxlEwJuPTV/dUrNusoxlEwJuPTV_j1613415917398-o43mlv_t1613415949.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dUrNusoxlEwJuPTV/1683657738/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ad1fb469543f47eb453752f8216b08b0d288a3a6 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/trevor-is-a-dancing-cavalier Trevor Is a Dancing Cavalier A name poem for a bright, self-assured young man whom life has not yet humbled. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fjevXtGgFYnkXggq/fjevXtGgFYnkXggq_j1613417034714-afd5cf_t1613417059.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fjevXtGgFYnkXggq/1693270595/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7bea4ecf5f91d7e3896ede63326fd623e1ec6ba5 28 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-might-a-couple-couple-late-in-life How Might a Couple Couple Late in Life A fifth anniversary poem for a couple who got together late in life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 2 Remembering Her. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fCvseJWJMoZqvidM/fCvseJWJMoZqvidM_j1613884076225-bed3mz_t1613884114.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fCvseJWJMoZqvidM/1688799924/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7768a2ec2e5d38a1e9db5d0e187626323b46677c 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/for-some-the-years-turn-out-to-be-a-blessing For Some the Years Turn Out to Be a Blessing A 50th anniversary poem for a very happily married couple. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dKGZXQOURhsGETNV/dKGZXQOURhsGETNV_j1613885634093-sdknfn_t1613885672.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dKGZXQOURhsGETNV/1691214475/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=d3993848e47d9a1b321857478c368a9e14f20ec4 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/forty-years-of-marriage-are-a-pass Forty Years of Marriage Are a Pass A 40th anniversary poem in which the anniversary is a mountain pass on which one can gaze on both the future and the past. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 6 In My Dreams. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/AybAbgqRJbCzdHLr/AybAbgqRJbCzdHLr_j1613887029483-3f0eud_t1613887066.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AybAbgqRJbCzdHLr/1689682022/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3d7ab61be61f53e774590dcbc569443e5bea28c8 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happiness-comes-wholly-from-within Happiness Comes Wholly from Within A fourth anniversary poem in praise of those who know the secret of happiness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/NBFFaYMFleLYDtMT/NBFFaYMFleLYDtMT_j1613925455363-5d1kp4_t1613925495.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/NBFFaYMFleLYDtMT/1684116111/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b9411c9cb66a0ab76fa5b81974270e51b6a8697a 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/ten-years-such-a-round-emphatic-number Ten Years! Such a Round, Emphatic Number A tenth anniversary poem comparing married love to a dance. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Carried. By Lauren Duski. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/scPkvVBsxNhxjwjE/scPkvVBsxNhxjwjE_j1613926731652-1kt6kd_t1613926773.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/scPkvVBsxNhxjwjE/1691517679/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b333a72f18e63185f8777ba3432772247292fc1f 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/harbors-hold-our-cravings-in-their-arms Harbors Hold Our Cravings in Their Arms A 39th anniversary poem about the need for emotional harbors. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/wuifxIAatnWFJjPh/wuifxIAatnWFJjPh_j1613927992253-vgzkrm_t1613928054.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/wuifxIAatnWFJjPh/1687675541/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=bf3cd2a346c95e4bdf9ba14b2d74a29257c7dd53 71 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/health-and-happiness-proceed-from-love Health and Happiness Proceed from Love An eleventh anniversary poem about love and passion. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Love Letters. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/BxDrDTWifNisqHUb/BxDrDTWifNisqHUb_j1613929483449-b7v9te_t1613929534.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BxDrDTWifNisqHUb/1691603133/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=a1345c000d37dd58738e702e441b94c1591c9557 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/a-life-in-six-movements A Life in Six Movements A philosophical poem describing the course of an ordinary life from loneliness through passion, love, hate, loneliness again, and death. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Moonlight Sonata. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/cwHLzqejRvHkTBSU/cwHLzqejRvHkTBSU_j1614533746469-hul1hd_t1614533917.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/cwHLzqejRvHkTBSU/1683444957/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=94923a3f7c6cddc153ec4b51f74cb893edb22683 246 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/life-can-be-quite-ravenous Life Can Be Quite Ravenous A philosophical poem about the need to slow down. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Falling Snow. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/nTPYgwEeiLDKQNDj/nTPYgwEeiLDKQNDj_j1614541085907-3o2gmg_t1614541119.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/nTPYgwEeiLDKQNDj/1686506332/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=dd0b57c496b5bb29dd79fa2d621cf3b72eda970c 42 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-sun-was-salmon-on-water The Sun Was Salmon on Water A philosophical number poem about the desire of youth to escape into an open mind. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/tpEZYgaOPabBCObR/tpEZYgaOPabBCObR_j1614542247824-3o0h5u_t1614542278.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/tpEZYgaOPabBCObR/1685603196/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ee092527dfbd5d77fb7bdc48baf5d74f2f5a6f86 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/for-every-disappointment-theres-a-dream For Every Disappointment Theres a Dream A philosophical number poem about the flow of time through the landscape of eternity. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Maryandras Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/vClUYDCkOSGEeZQR/vClUYDCkOSGEeZQR_j1614545246489-t2h9zg_t1614545323.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vClUYDCkOSGEeZQR/1686221765/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0651a892bd0d0d3f66d7a094a32408e23fc33d8f 89 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/ultimately-everyone-is-single Ultimately, Everyone Is Single A philosophical poem to an uncle about the interplay between society and self. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 5 The Day I Met Her. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/BPEGFwzUYEDfbIml/BPEGFwzUYEDfbIml_j1614563317832-2ec6eb_t1614563345.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BPEGFwzUYEDfbIml/1687399350/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=02fdca039a6f4332bbddc8004dc4485be459bd81 30 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/change-comes-slowly-like-a-dawn Change Comes Slowly, like a Dawn A philosophical poem about the difficulty of social change. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Touching Moment. By Wayne Jones. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/FXYLNXHdJlgmZeuk/FXYLNXHdJlgmZeuk_j1615915365766-sakgkt_t1615915390.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/FXYLNXHdJlgmZeuk/1686484479/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=402e87d0ac19698f89a9c2bf79f170e92b6d8a68 21 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/easters-come-and-go-the-thought-remains Easters Come and Go the Thought Remains An Easter poem about personal resurrection through love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/RzFcuDfDdATIiqlV/RzFcuDfDdATIiqlV_j1615924963347-j3sd8l_t1615925005.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/RzFcuDfDdATIiqlV/1683946270/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=33876ca0a9081a5ab0e8eaacaa8ddf72156b56bd 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/every-bunny-loves-the-spring Every Bunny Loves the Spring An Easter poem for children about the rebirth of both nature and the heart in spring. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/eFtdsnNfbklqzzNW/eFtdsnNfbklqzzNW_j1615955028474-rwwa8z_t1615958901.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/eFtdsnNfbklqzzNW/1684518160/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c68a6981d542a16e341c07d13fba645d97655942 22 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/every-year-each-hemispheres-reborn Every Year Each Hemispheres Reborn An Easter poem about Easter as a fairly recent myth celebrating the coming of spring. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Wonder. By VYEN. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uyiKuoXJWyfIerHa/uyiKuoXJWyfIerHa_j1615956188755-73ofkf_t1615960143.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uyiKuoXJWyfIerHa/1722436977/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=102a0f966114ac452d8f54d556f36afa051855d0 24 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/every-moment-is-a-resurrection Every Moment Is a Resurrection A philosophical Easter poem about each new moment as a rebirth. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Timeless. By Lauren Duski. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/lxozXlmbfZtVxnHM/lxozXlmbfZtVxnHM_j1615957406127-3dbnsg_t1615960372.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lxozXlmbfZtVxnHM/1688798968/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=61cc53841cbffc4b489c7ba71df4e4ca9caab6af 30 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/although-were-no-longer-together-i-still-love-you Although Were No Longer Together, I Still Love You A love poem to a former lover about the difficulty of letting go. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/jIuSOoivKYNQVSsP/jIuSOoivKYNQVSsP_j1616390181509-mw3mpt_t1616390227.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jIuSOoivKYNQVSsP/1682885903/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=163d64a884e7f21b9634986bdd1ce558277a5b86 59 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/love-so-often-must-depend-on-timing Love So Often Must Depend on Timing A love poem about the role of timing in love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Maryandras Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/bgyJXgNxGGRkMOCo/bgyJXgNxGGRkMOCo_j1616690223222-s088p3_t1616690293.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bgyJXgNxGGRkMOCo/1722423571/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=73ed2446278d5b55dc853745868c314e119d85d8 94 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-has-to-be-a-way-across-these-mountains There Has to Be a Way Across These Mountains A love poem about lovers who are going through tough times. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 8 Requiem. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XYahYIZfymheZrXR/XYahYIZfymheZrXR_j1616692622662-duoskn_t1616692672.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XYahYIZfymheZrXR/1689490707/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9cf71ae08b1877cf9385ae4e07e12f2fa2d2a233 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-a-dark-and-gloomy-place There Is a Dark and Gloomy Place A name and love poem to a lover who cant make up his mind. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XgSpFSqPJQmkPMrL/XgSpFSqPJQmkPMrL_j1616871273343-8ka641_t1616871307.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XgSpFSqPJQmkPMrL/1687661290/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7f9c89db4dad55ed21a1683f73f4ca9828965942 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/this-will-not-work-if-you-dont-want-to-try This Will Not Work if You Dont Want to Try A love poem to a spouse in the midst of marital difficulty. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/GmkBjUSamqGJMfSh/GmkBjUSamqGJMfSh_j1616872885071-s2x59n_t1616872936.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/GmkBjUSamqGJMfSh/1686481136/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=11957c7f2433f10cefd3eb00d4b486a473d4a335 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/weve-been-dating-now-more-than-a-year Weve Been Dating Now More than a Year A love poem asking for more than the other is willing to give. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allemande. By Wahneta Meixsell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/cXNDRGjFcpKEDCDx/cXNDRGjFcpKEDCDx_j1616952367289-07oncl_t1616952412.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/cXNDRGjFcpKEDCDx/1685731735/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=757126ec3286faa9732af7dce056fd8c0d3a10b5 59 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/we-went-too-far-too-fast-and-yet We Went Too Far Too Fast, and Yet A love poem from someone who wants to step back without breaking off. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Watercolor Lilies. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UkJgsQCAkqxCXgGp/UkJgsQCAkqxCXgGp_j1616953937389-qjrsq7_t1616953984.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UkJgsQCAkqxCXgGp/1685854369/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=a2cb052826b377b88fed5da1f80e8b625da24dc3 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/ramadan-reminds-us-that-the-world Ramadan Reminds Us that The World A poem for Ramadan about the role of the holiday in reminding us of the the evanescence of our earthly existence. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/ADNSituieUxYmzfJ/ADNSituieUxYmzfJ_j1617226239679-w21d7p_t1617226272.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ADNSituieUxYmzfJ/1687243691/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=56d67a306d4be2bebee742405d17991ca96dbadc 31 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/rapture-comes-most-easily-within Rapture Comes Most Easily Within A poem for Ramadan on the need for discipline to free oneself for prayer. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No. 8 Requiem. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UdDKBUkTxknEaHpn/UdDKBUkTxknEaHpn_j1617227617543-zpqa66_t1617227651.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UdDKBUkTxknEaHpn/1689375146/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7a7c1a0833ed727ae7627fa41ce1bfe23cc6d5dc 33 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/read-the-holy-book-as-though-asleep Read the Holy Book as Though Asleep A poem for Ramadan about appreciating not just the wisdom but also the beauty of the Koran. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Touching Moment. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OUWqDLYwpDqHqabo/OUWqDLYwpDqHqabo_j1617229349945-v63xhc_t1617229376.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OUWqDLYwpDqHqabo/1687014576/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=d56df26579c9277640e8f7c6ee176dec7d6fb1b4 32 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/reason-is-no-cause-for-revelation Reason Is No Cause for Revelation A poem for Ramadan about the need for revelation. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ogonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WZtSxJyxWEhZcxSY/WZtSxJyxWEhZcxSY_j1617232061112-uiguoh_t1617232110.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WZtSxJyxWEhZcxSY/1722421508/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=80d4b0557f47aa292258c8335c5f5e99558e1350 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/righteousness-remains-the-rock-of-faith Righteousness Remains the Rock of Faith A poem for Ramadan about the need for righteous behavior to sustain faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Immortality. By Aakash Gandhi. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/oIvLTpkBqHPdJCuZ/oIvLTpkBqHPdJCuZ_j1618777740987-5znv8p_t1618777791.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/oIvLTpkBqHPdJCuZ/1687305090/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0613f4b4a0132fb15c1fb99b6800a421e0d0c753 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/is-one-month-an-anniversary Is One Month an Anniversary An anniversary poem for a one-month anniversary. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Walking in the Sky. By Nico Staf. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HmCrodgyFzdZzZAj/HmCrodgyFzdZzZAj_j1618779130188-3ph75q_t1618779179.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HmCrodgyFzdZzZAj/1722413360/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=19f6f51aaaee04c96d8b6280b9ac783b520480a4 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-can-love-hold-on-so-many-years How Can Love Hold On So Many Years A 25th anniversary poem about the beauty of lasting love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/PltjSMeTSvfrtfHG/PltjSMeTSvfrtfHG_j1618793207004-yd1otz_t1618793261.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/PltjSMeTSvfrtfHG/1684259060/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9e0b50eb56064ee6e7ac9b58664850246543c638 74 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/mothers-never-mind-a-little-cuddling Mothers Never Mind a Little Cuddling A Mothers Day poem about the need to cuddle. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Gymnopedie No.1. By Erik Satie. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/LycJvBBaecnQTGAf/LycJvBBaecnQTGAf_j1619130102482-gl6s44_t1619130158.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LycJvBBaecnQTGAf/1688050230/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=808030901b9824179ff3891631a7e57b2cef3701 78 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/mothers-are-as-mothers-do Mothers Are as Mothers Do A Mothers Day poem about the need to celebrate substitute mothers. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Watercolor Lilies. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OgFPbIervQwEIRdG/OgFPbIervQwEIRdG_j1619282211109-t7snl4_t1619282239.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OgFPbIervQwEIRdG/1691711749/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=be413f06555bb525be72712b5d02c58131aab70e 33 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/miracles-wear-ordinary-clothes Miracles Wear Ordinary Clothes A Mothers Day poem about recognizing each child as a miracle. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Pachabelly. By Huma-Huma. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IELMuEPcIMvWzfOC/IELMuEPcIMvWzfOC_j1619283500267-yrnw0e_t1619283549.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IELMuEPcIMvWzfOC/1687226584/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9334c9f06e33364165a85f9cf88734c431d62636 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/godmothers-arent-fairies-in-a-tale Godmothers Arent Fairies in a Tale A Mothers Day poem for godmothers. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Angels Dream. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XutUsapUloAfEwWx/XutUsapUloAfEwWx_j1619284859000-i5s4nl_t1619284893.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XutUsapUloAfEwWx/1689238278/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6474cd41f1d22a841efde7a284391b0f88d419f3 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/although-consumed-by-fury-you-still-loved-us Although Consumed by Fury, You Still Loved Us A Mothers Day poem to a deceased mother from her abused child. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WArjCnlWUkYYfQbL/WArjCnlWUkYYfQbL_j1619286327880-euaic2_t1619286376.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WArjCnlWUkYYfQbL/1689522164/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b549e2c394a23cdb2ee0efeba204bdba76fa8895 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/a-mothers-love-determines-how A Mothers Love Determines How A Mothers Day poem about the importance of a mothers love to ones ability to love oneself and others. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dqIqIbxIQgDLJMCC/dqIqIbxIQgDLJMCC_j1619291982083-osewnc_t1619292022.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dqIqIbxIQgDLJMCC/1685191795/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4c19d338c63d400c40ff05365beaebdc6d24a00f 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-wave-without-becomes-the-wave-within The Wave Without Becomes the Wave Within A religious poem about how the devastating tsunami of 2004 might cause some to lose their faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Its Coming. By Josh Kirsch Media Right Productions. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xrkYULpwlOusuGGY/xrkYULpwlOusuGGY_j1619731100776-7ekdb5_t1619731129.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xrkYULpwlOusuGGY/1687935266/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4e13843565d10f2eaddafedafa46531e6974eff5 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-might-one-untie-the-knot How Might One Untie the Knot A religious poem about how the awareness of Gods love leaves one no alternative to the vicissitudes of faith. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dGiCefzoIOgDElun/dGiCefzoIOgDElun_j1619732411964-zkgky5_t1619732451.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dGiCefzoIOgDElun/1680860944/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5ab3c80c19c55167ea047c7ea888e393f77c9849 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/each-fast-is-like-a-cleansing-of-the-soul Each Fast Is like a Cleansing of the Soul A poem for Eid al-Fitr about the benefits of religious fasting. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: We Are the Rain. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/zMeDWJBVzVTgBxba/zMeDWJBVzVTgBxba_j1619734290560-v1exuh_t1619734335.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/zMeDWJBVzVTgBxba/1690535297/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=521f87ac314ec378b05be4203419e5da74e860e2 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/eid-is-bittersweet Eid Is Bittersweet A poem for Eid Al-Fitr about the return to the mundane world. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Turning Slowly. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fmwEmqXZVgGYeclD/fmwEmqXZVgGYeclD_j1619735456769-uewyej_t1619735490.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fmwEmqXZVgGYeclD/1691503398/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8481ef3ea780d5ec3bec1c78607ed837e6e25ad5 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/little-do-you-know-how-much-you-love-me Little Do You Know How Much You Love Me A religious love poem from God to a non-believer. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/venMRxcXCIexohrT/venMRxcXCIexohrT_j1619736791165-hivie6_t1619736840.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/venMRxcXCIexohrT/1682600771/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f166d5ca79e330ac08bec161fbcf42d777c9acf8 66 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/recently-i-dreamed-i-talked-to-you Recently I Dreamed I Talked to You A religious poem about how faith makes grief more bearable. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/hGqiWCxSvvCkjyBY/hGqiWCxSvvCkjyBY_j1619810856150-dftfj3_t1619810908.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hGqiWCxSvvCkjyBY/1691293766/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=dfc561b17248986451d8551ee05ed7abed102cc7 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seventy-three-refocuses-on-love Seventy-Three Refocuses on Love A religious number poem about a love that blesses all equally at any age. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/kUOagmhxQgVecCCp/kUOagmhxQgVecCCp_j1620093730500-ka5baj_t1620093763.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/kUOagmhxQgVecCCp/1687479019/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=80c7c98bb9962d8a86b62a392bd22e98d308cac3 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-wear-my-mask-for-you I Wear My Mask for You A philosophical health poem for children about the ethics of wearing masks during the COVID pandemic. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Mr. Sunny Face. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xuUtHBReBMptfUfo/xuUtHBReBMptfUfo_j1620095409281-3w8bd9_t1620095463.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xuUtHBReBMptfUfo/1689140549/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=289ed73c9b96861da4f77e1a31462d37096ced64 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/zzzoom Zzzoom A poem for children about zooming for play and school during the COVID pandemic. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Nutty Comedy. By Biz Baz Studio. 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Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/mYFJMXzRrwyghbDA/mYFJMXzRrwyghbDA_j1620243775562-02t6y6_t1620243844.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/mYFJMXzRrwyghbDA/1689001572/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f05d18f657c3862bac46afdb67c78c96a044b739 98 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-pray-for-you-and-wish-i-could-do-more I Pray for You and Wish I Could Do More A friendship poem for someone who is suffering from a serious illness far away. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/RKMJeHVpPqmzPrUh/RKMJeHVpPqmzPrUh_j1620245573571-i1ye6q_t1620245623.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/RKMJeHVpPqmzPrUh/1684212250/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5c5c0535c189b0bd69f8138a1c0c2b15c250a3dd 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/o-lord-help-me-be-a-burden O Lord, Help Me Be a Burden A health poem about someone who prays for the strength to be a burden on loved ones. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: E Minor Prelude. By Frederic Chopin. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/lZDyAJdVNWcLKFzJ/lZDyAJdVNWcLKFzJ_j1620320732818-rkcxvg_t1620320788.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lZDyAJdVNWcLKFzJ/1686735768/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=a662087444481658fe3cfc77cb5d5a7cf519f228 77 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/given-the-fragility-of-life Given the Fragility of Life A get-well-soon poem for someone who has recently come through surgery. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Twinkle in the Night. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/ATKDEfeHDhTXUDMB/ATKDEfeHDhTXUDMB_j1620322311476-hvtgfz_t1620322351.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ATKDEfeHDhTXUDMB/1722398901/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ab015850204e0a9e753496c060bb6201d286a691 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fantasy-starts-running-out-of-room Fantasy Starts Running Out of Room A number poem about the shallower stage available for fantasy as one reaches middle age. by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Frozen in Love. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/YVaZoHXCrYledhdO/YVaZoHXCrYledhdO_j1620952766676-p9ys72_t1620952801.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/YVaZoHXCrYledhdO/1686962770/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=938ebefca4fcad535ebb1b5e2b71baa7b273ced2 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/make-of-me-whatever-you-desire Make of Me Whatever You Desire A Memorial Day poem to mourners from the one who is mourned and yet beyond caring. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Heart Strings. By Coyote Hearing. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/GQjcVrgJzHbiYuiu/GQjcVrgJzHbiYuiu_j1622003918562-9i0sjg_t1622003957.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/GQjcVrgJzHbiYuiu/1688870920/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=de396537ebb75589e0992196db25186735f48a1c 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/dont-return-the-tennis-ball Dont Return the Tennis Ball A poem with some practical advice for couples to follow when they fight. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Just Stay. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/CGXNYThGudGYxDeH/CGXNYThGudGYxDeH_j1622838189692-v5vyjv_t1622838239.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CGXNYThGudGYxDeH/1686988233/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ab2dc74b86a28720e99b8e0311052ac8aaa02534 49 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hold-on-hold-on-through-seasons-of-despair Hold On, Hold On Through Seasons of Despair A Fathers Day poem for a recently divorced father. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HDPlNYglczMHDCGT/HDPlNYglczMHDCGT_j1623043854721-gq73yk_t1623044008.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HDPlNYglczMHDCGT/1683157291/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=93e76eb88b428dc376f581cd384ccd4419f793cc 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/on-the-brink-of-married-life-you-wait-with-wonder On the Brink of Married Life, You Wait with Wonder A wedding shower poem about the legal and spiritual bond a couple is about to make. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Love Letters. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/YfqfPJIrzyhENwmM/YfqfPJIrzyhENwmM_j1623863978384-b8rqbb_t1623864036.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/YfqfPJIrzyhENwmM/1690332378/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ed74743be65b0a969370df1d79d6355e21827d35 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/just-remember-freedoms-not-a-given Just Remember: Freedoms Not a Given An Independence Day poem about what freedom might require if it is to survive. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: A Revelation. By Jeremy Blake. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UsHEhlZuYrHgTsWw/UsHEhlZuYrHgTsWw_j1624736657901-sw3ahi_t1624736697.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UsHEhlZuYrHgTsWw/1693778474/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=761b09b125a715ffce40e885a90d550147f6176e 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thirty-six-is-an-island-in-a-river Thirty-Six Is an Island in a River A number poem about thirty-six as situated between a richly remembered childhood and an uncertain future. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/KyhVGeolhfyOdCAf/KyhVGeolhfyOdCAf_j1625028133261-ro3yta_t1625028171.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KyhVGeolhfyOdCAf/1722343234/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f46efd1ad93646025b48494132b43ca5eb8d79ee 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/daniel-is-a-word-in-our-life-story Daniel Is a Word in Our Life Story A philosophical name poem about the effect of ones ethical choices on others. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/peQJGEMrzAYQjWFn/peQJGEMrzAYQjWFn_j1625603200871-8sozmo_t1625603230.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/peQJGEMrzAYQjWFn/1685922479/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=dda1bb10a9cdc3d147bb7b9c4c66a807bea82d3d 32 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/every-moment-sings-of-love-and-beauty Every Moment Sings of Love and Beauty A poem for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice, about the need to let go of self if one is to be a gift. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/apQiJVxZwhFFmoAY/apQiJVxZwhFFmoAY_j1626395856387-fjomaf_t1626395904.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/apQiJVxZwhFFmoAY/1686084839/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=24c3fc04a6fee429ee4815540b1deeed9f18b4ab 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seven-seven-not-eleven Seven! Seven! Not Eleven! A 7th-birthday number poem for a child about the wonder and excitement of now. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Mr. Sunny Face. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/KTyeXBUzXkGBPRHc/KTyeXBUzXkGBPRHc_j1626820703899-ed013n_t1626820725.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KTyeXBUzXkGBPRHc/1686646122/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c1f34feb72b2b5e6f7b4bf601d1aef266c3acc97 21 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/what-do-you-do-when-your-mother-is-crazy What Do You Do When Your Mother Is Crazy A poem describing the dilemma of an adult, abused as child, who now must care for her abusive mother. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Dont Look Inside. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HvhErisSZEyUKTCe/HvhErisSZEyUKTCe_j1627275767930-izwt8n_t1627275857.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HvhErisSZEyUKTCe/1687540482/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f3c1ff4ffdd853463176b533260844a6ea623c65 94 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-you-are-smack-in-the-middle-of-life There You Are, Smack in the Middle of Life A number poem for a thirty-five-year-old who is for the first time overwhelmed by adult responsibilities. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/gSumXWpkNhMPnisS/gSumXWpkNhMPnisS_j1627277641260-4pdehk_t1627277682.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/gSumXWpkNhMPnisS/1688777314/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7bf547f223754270790af5a2166889e85d4b711b 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/last-june-my-parents-got-divorced Last June My Parents Got Divorced A poem about a broken family from the point of view of a teenage child. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XqZtCypWgDJiYJIP/XqZtCypWgDJiYJIP_j1628790998570-1c3r16_t1628791049.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XqZtCypWgDJiYJIP/1692064017/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c33cc22a397614ad6fd4a3c70e98219062e6b72b 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/darcy-is-creation-born-again Darcy Is Creation Born Again A name poem for a newborn whose birth recalls the Creation. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: A Revelation. By Jeremy Blake. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/bRazYvruLtLSCLyd/bRazYvruLtLSCLyd_j1629048232565-c8r2mn_t1629048254.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bRazYvruLtLSCLyd/1693720527/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=60b51941aed81ea205d76354a1c52ba8b4fa6e37 22 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-greatest-satisfaction-comes The Greatest Satisfaction Comes A philosophical love poem from wife to husband about the gift of desire. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/rdgVNZyhGbzHHTMj/rdgVNZyhGbzHHTMj_j1629056291013-652z5z_t1629056340.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rdgVNZyhGbzHHTMj/1687124930/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=69c01c6f179d2eb900d3a89ec87aeb4c77e6c7e7 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/labor-ought-not-be-like-time-in-prison Labor Ought Not Be like Time in Prison A Labor Day poem about the benefits of treating workers well. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Parzival. By William Rosati. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/kHSVSntSQqVPeiUg/kHSVSntSQqVPeiUg_j1629058380348-aasrem_t1629058411.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/kHSVSntSQqVPeiUg/1682365543/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=74bf052d83c68e30ae59dc6145050f50f6b7ac7b 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/song-for-psalm-114-a-prayer-for-a-child-born-in-america Song for Psalm 114: A Prayer for a Child Born in America Song for Psalm 114: A Prayer for a Child Born in America. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fGUQrSsPDfyQTBJM/fGUQrSsPDfyQTBJM_j1629315408502-o07wz5_t1629315505.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fGUQrSsPDfyQTBJM/1691478152/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3aa2ed16520f123aab5d209bc24590aa7833fdd0 107 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/ed-was-a-black-and-white-paint-quarter-horse Ed Was a Black and White Paint Quarter Horse A poem of mourning for the death of a loving and much-loved horse. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/QFicexiwgJvwAVSu/QFicexiwgJvwAVSu_j1631468793325-v5qpwa_t1631468838.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/QFicexiwgJvwAVSu/1687250537/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=03b190c8f9ac04601fc6d880916ddddba6677a74 60 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fifty-years-and-you-remain-a-child Fifty Years, and You Remain a Child A number 50th birthday poem to an adult child about love that endures. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Beneath the Moonlight. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dJGlJBtRaXocnFIb/dJGlJBtRaXocnFIb_j1631995472971-qecq94_t1631995525.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dJGlJBtRaXocnFIb/1686006139/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=fbbde123981a3ae508ccfc8b0ac692abc6c4156c 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/felicia-feels-the-deepest-happiness Felicia Feels the Deepest Happiness A philosophical name poem about the art of happiness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/DWtjPasmNViIJrRX/DWtjPasmNViIJrRX_j1632592025924-p6ejxx_t1632592055.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DWtjPasmNViIJrRX/1685152329/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=675afc75c55e0ddb90c8bdf2f58ed2451f2d2992 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-right-to-be-different The Right to Be Different A poem, adapted from The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the right of all peoples to be different. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/jSVDPuYyzewYKYhe/jSVDPuYyzewYKYhe_j1633325232904-2nacep_t1633325284.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jSVDPuYyzewYKYhe/1684291911/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3640fe4e423ee42b08f900d053f72669762fbfc1 73 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/its-amazing-how-i-feel-when-im-around-you Its Amazing How I Feel When Im Around You A love poem about how love feels. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Drops of Earth. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/qLzBptYirwCaBVHx/qLzBptYirwCaBVHx_j1633713999176-we0niy_t1633714038.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qLzBptYirwCaBVHx/1688385239/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8f67adfa1a79576910b8ddcd06cb7413c3b88a98 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-can-normal-rational-people How Can Normal, Rational People A Halloween poem about how irrational fears might still be alive and well in rational people. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UaIEVqomAqrloBAX/UaIEVqomAqrloBAX_j1634705193002-dtudfd_t1634705225.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UaIEVqomAqrloBAX/1690369252/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c8024d2102f7af2e7fa2c31eccc7372189a43a49 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/once-im-in-my-bubble-bath Once Im in My Bubble Bath A poem in which a child describes his or her experience of a bubble bath. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Mr. Sunny Face. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/ODIQbPFIUvrMHLsM/ODIQbPFIUvrMHLsM_j1634707452835-sqj4li_t1634707484.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ODIQbPFIUvrMHLsM/1687727305/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=30adfa2f93c5e5b25147a9c47d952ad5ebbfe8d0 32 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vets-are-wars-debris-the-wreckage-after Vets Are Wars Debris, the Wreckage After A Veterans Day poem about the need to take care of veterans. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/jfBPMhiMlyoEfpZw/jfBPMhiMlyoEfpZw_j1634842626313-ud1ov4_t1634842659.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jfBPMhiMlyoEfpZw/1687704533/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4c6d15dd7d7e5f85d8b8cca73745be3ae62f0fa5 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/alisons-an-angel-in-disguise Alisons an Angel in Disguise A name poem about a woman who is both empathetic and deeply shaken by the pain she shares. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Please. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/KAEswaHBPikZINHG/KAEswaHBPikZINHG_j1636221099178-8z3gvn_t1636221131.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KAEswaHBPikZINHG/1685660467/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b36511ad218008b2ab79c9fac5c4ebad4cce5bed 32 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-live-is-to-be-prey To Live Is to Be Prey A philosophical Thanksgiving poem about the necessity of eating and being eaten. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Dont Look Inside. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/VWqRsNntafVQRsnu/VWqRsNntafVQRsnu_j1636956177701-3lrj6o_t1636956225.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/VWqRsNntafVQRsnu/1691049167/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6799577f09ac653d9edf7ad4daac1aee849fbb01 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-holidays-are-waiting The Holidays Are Waiting A Happy Holidays poem for the child of a mixed marriage about the benefits of getting and giving. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: If You Close Your Eyes, Im Still with You. By Late Night Feeler. https://streaming.open.video/poster/NHrBebhTANaxGjJh/NHrBebhTANaxGjJh_j1637388870238-fg5aq1_t1637388904.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/NHrBebhTANaxGjJh/1693367725/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=bc7f99f6859c4accb4a5d9e63b640393596f0590 34 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/blessings-are-precisely-everyday Blessings Are Precisely Everyday A philosophical Hanukkah poem about light and darkness as a single, indivisible gift. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Gymnopedie No. 1. By Erik Satie. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fdWICKLbWetLAQwh/fdWICKLbWetLAQwh_j1637431649824-k2abl6_t1637431815.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fdWICKLbWetLAQwh/1691034907/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2fc2bcc61c8ddb27ee74838d27d614a2c371248c 192 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/silent-snow-gentle-snow Silent Snow, Gentle Snow A Seasons Greetings poem about the inner light and fire that make cold, dark days beautiful. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/jMMrADADmyuwLDgh/jMMrADADmyuwLDgh_j1637695792977-rnw3cs_t1637695841.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jMMrADADmyuwLDgh/1684608676/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3fc8da6fbd95349de13308cf15ef8b637b2a8779 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/may-you-find-this-christmas-inner-peace May You Find This Christmas Inner Peace A Christmas love poem wishing equal joy to someone who gives joy to others. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Dancing Star. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uYVoDzhTdtlkIUdk/uYVoDzhTdtlkIUdk_j1637696156759-6ihls6_t1637696205.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uYVoDzhTdtlkIUdk/1691168837/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=32fa0e694f75f432d51b26b8d2c2f3ed12a48a32 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/heres-a-blank-sheet-of-paper Heres a Blank Sheet of Paper A New Years poem about the futility of New Years resolutions. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Bittersweet Waltz. By Sir Cubworth. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MfcjDxSgVACDLINj/MfcjDxSgVACDLINj_j1637711069449-0dga6v_t1637711117.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MfcjDxSgVACDLINj/1690862057/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6d511e5a27eca53508b02a2510b61acf0297bcc9 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/forty-one-finds-grace-in-every-moment Forty-One Finds Grace in Every Moment A philosophical number poem about everyday epiphanies. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SuUCdVMBxEgnTRtx/SuUCdVMBxEgnTRtx_j1639624593438-nkgkep_t1639624626.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SuUCdVMBxEgnTRtx/1690909469/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=24c3202f0e73f972e3e1ba0e1c8ccfe5ca1cf0a7 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-the-eternal-moment Sing of the Eternal Moment A philosophical number poem to an actor about the eternal moments created by art. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Gymnopedie No. 1. By Erik Satie. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/JVCgzuoHrEPLwJPg/JVCgzuoHrEPLwJPg_j1641400692297-s03xpj_t1641400729.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JVCgzuoHrEPLwJPg/1686429890/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5a7aefeae94701af612a564d1e97aba8ea9411ca 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/maybe-some-had-thought-i-hoped-too-much Maybe Some Had Thought I Hoped Too Much A poem for Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday in which he reflects on the election of Barak Obama to the Presidency of the United States. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/qoCVuuQbdtOfAIDb/qoCVuuQbdtOfAIDb_j1641665725054-xtwdp8_t1641665785.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qoCVuuQbdtOfAIDb/1693961059/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=bb50bb5d7c497545ef77a64813a9467737e0743d 80 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/shadows-haunted-me Shadows Haunted Me An epitaph for an elderly woman unable clearly to distinguish between reality and memory. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/EyMMJSXiLiEeAuLw/EyMMJSXiLiEeAuLw_j1641924686972-06affg_t1641924739.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/EyMMJSXiLiEeAuLw/1684194399/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=df5c086b44c46a204fde7a807efdb983dc7079a4 55 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-virtue-in-consistency There Is No Virtue in Consistency A philosophical Chinese (Lunar) New Year poem for the Year of the Tiger. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Immortality. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xfVFdIWIwvPlSEkN/xfVFdIWIwvPlSEkN_j1642193161450-6jf0mm_t1642193223.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xfVFdIWIwvPlSEkN/1688180184/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=a26d420253ad7260c969af3310a52d650d3e5c39 80 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/do-not-love-me-yet Do Not Love Me Yet A love poem from a teen to a would-be adult lover. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/HvQeMpOrbpDjvfIC/HvQeMpOrbpDjvfIC_j1643061725997-es2582_t1643061780.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HvQeMpOrbpDjvfIC/1685313741/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ba074e18fcc13c60ba914d3acd45850b28523074 69 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/valentines-are-lovers-who-will-stay Valentines Are Lovers Who Will Stay A Valentines Day poem about the definition of valentines. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MgUwifPtnPFqwYqM/MgUwifPtnPFqwYqM_j1643654493894-tsjwtv_t1643654543.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MgUwifPtnPFqwYqM/1692432065/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2e57a6c4435cb3cf5108ea7ddb45b3a5bdfc557d 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/proverbs-on-ideology Proverbs on Ideology A set of political and philosophical proverbs about dangers of ideology. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uhoVsTCdjftHjOiC/uhoVsTCdjftHjOiC_j1644217556143-3sr8mj_t1644217648.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uhoVsTCdjftHjOiC/1684983168/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b3b64227288a0b7290bce191f95bc74e0d2f93f7 131 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/allen-is-an-absolute-delight Allen Is an Absolute Delight A philosophical name poem about someone who embraces all of life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: English Country Garden. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/dfoJPFFZmyzsJYeF/dfoJPFFZmyzsJYeF_j1644774599152-7d7t42_t1644774627.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dfoJPFFZmyzsJYeF/1693065137/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=e7fe82f2059815c05db606a328fd0bd43002e904 25 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/saints-are-rarely-saints-if-you-know-what-i-mean Saints Are Rarely Saints, if You Know What I Mean A St. Patricks Day poem about the humanity of saints. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No.6 In My Dreams. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/TJHIULDAwfJSjykK/TJHIULDAwfJSjykK_j1645941396439-o1mcq5_t1645941462.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/TJHIULDAwfJSjykK/1692150209/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=60aca4626d547f37054845f2fda8357df6d4127e 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/twenty-sevens-not-a-time-for-scheming Twenty-Sevens Not a Time for Scheming A number poem for someone still immersed in preparing for the future. by Nicholas Gordon Video and Audio Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/jwFqXOTZaNsHRafO/jwFqXOTZaNsHRafO_j1646631061615-fps1et_t1646631109.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jwFqXOTZaNsHRafO/1693648063/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=439108e1953a54344d67177853bd0b234b09325d 54 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/at-odds-of-the-night-my-sister-irene-and-i At Odds of the Night My Sister Irene and I A philosophical poem about an abused child who, through the abuse, found the husband she loves. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Lord of the Dawn. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/kcFFSLCWaFqaFcvZ/kcFFSLCWaFqaFcvZ_j1646633670770-i5ogft_t1646633882.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/kcFFSLCWaFqaFcvZ/1694115910/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f933cecdbe17d3b2e94b99e5f413ebd5b9d49bf5 264 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/right-action-is-the-mother-of-right-feeling Right Action Is the Mother of Right Feeling A Ramadan poem about the relationship between act and faith. by Nicholas Gordon Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/MFcfUspdjLLcWAjs/MFcfUspdjLLcWAjs_j1647366926552-vu9vfn_t1647366962.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MFcfUspdjLLcWAjs/1720961032/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=dcb5b876c879849da15982095588d95ff2602fad 43 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-a-terrier To a Terrier TO A TERRIER (Adapted from To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley). by Nicholas Gordon Video and Audio Music: Moonlight Sonata. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/gsetpsGfozZtEUJj/gsetpsGfozZtEUJj_j1647494070322-2cdcwd_t1647494274.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/gsetpsGfozZtEUJj/1690721625/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0488a1d32824c4dd41a34228c7967a5554640c22 306 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/easter-and-passover-eternally-linked Easter and Passover, Eternally Linked An Easter and Passover poem about the historical link between the two holidays. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xBAGiblVDOgWyeOQ/xBAGiblVDOgWyeOQ_j1648227435847-ojoc8z_t1648227464.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xBAGiblVDOgWyeOQ/1692593096/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=09c440bff732dd984fdb9e04c59ba950b78fdbcb 32 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/each-must-save-the-earth-in-multiple-ways Each Must Save the Earth in Multiple Ways A poem for Earth Day about the need for political as well as individual action to save the Earth. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/seLsOBtKKBDoYZNY/seLsOBtKKBDoYZNY_j1648321087801-1hssev_t1648321123.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/seLsOBtKKBDoYZNY/1693184373/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4058f96aecd84cf4a7b80cd4c02121fcf2399070 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/even-trees-awake-to-a-breakfast-of-light Even Trees Awake to a Breakfast of Light A number poem for Arbor Day imagining the inner life of trees. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/KNpUpDIwnKreWfar/KNpUpDIwnKreWfar_j1650140174017-htovrn_t1650140216.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KNpUpDIwnKreWfar/1693856715/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=936dec62d813c04d9fb832e9434267062c42c828 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/here-you-are-between-two-generations Here You Are, Between Two Generations A Mothers Day poem about a woman who cares for both her elderly mother and her teenage daughter. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SoiOsuyLrUfjNehd/SoiOsuyLrUfjNehd_j1650571040530-l19rah_t1650571114.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SoiOsuyLrUfjNehd/1682423066/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3c6e110cbb9af16b13fec4f3331f5e1fb277dc37 82 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/where-have-you-gone-my-bobby-my-boy Where Have You Gone, My Bobby, My Boy A poem about drug addiction for an addicted child sold into the slavery of addiction. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/VsrUxGZGoZHMTCLN/VsrUxGZGoZHMTCLN_j1650989501850-dznenz_t1650989573.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/VsrUxGZGoZHMTCLN/1693518240/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=138af0e6de47b8ff40c69e9037030c4d4b524da1 82 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/friends-in-high-school-are-forever-young Friends in High School Are Forever Young A graduation poem about memories of high-school friends. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: E Minor Prelude. By Frederic Chopin. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/RdXdbMTYizyGdHYN/RdXdbMTYizyGdHYN_j1652040024316-hzucyr_t1652040073.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/RdXdbMTYizyGdHYN/1691136129/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=baa847da7f2744d691c3f7c65283268459f64352 66 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-love-them-both-cant-have-them-both I Love Them Both, Cant Have Them Both A humorous love poem about a girl who cant choose between the possible boyfriends. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Mr. Sunny Face. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/eEIvGmOrtrMWoNyC/eEIvGmOrtrMWoNyC_j1652463045167-xr3zh9_t1652463098.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/eEIvGmOrtrMWoNyC/1687488321/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=65b4209e1675391ae88e54e7e9dd3a9c45828703 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/memorys-an-antidote-for-death Memorys an Antidote for Death A Memorial Day poem about how the anticipation of post-life memories affects how one lives ones life. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/qFwYQTQczvjGAbxj/qFwYQTQczvjGAbxj_j1652806148922-0m0ia5_t1652806197.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qFwYQTQczvjGAbxj/1686084323/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=be437d6c020132385e68fb496a4b98081585c10a 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/youre-the-person-that-i-most-admire Youre the Person That I Most Admire A thank-you poem to a teacher who is about to retire. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Watercolor Lilies. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/BecEwtgDYMcryPvu/BecEwtgDYMcryPvu_j1652895795301-t26s3p_t1652895852.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BecEwtgDYMcryPvu/1691138734/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=bc41f40e4a1f9be7483073d74df103b670867ebc 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-have-you-in-my-bones I Have You in My Bones A Fathers Day poem to a father from the child he abandoned. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Maryandras Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/pYjpVfqxGKZsGcug/pYjpVfqxGKZsGcug_j1653249440469-9y38zz_t1653249506.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/pYjpVfqxGKZsGcug/1682751295/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5c8a95ef1ccd6acbafcbd4340322281d6091e839 77 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/angels-just-love-weddings-dont-you-think Angels Just Love Weddings, Dont You Think An angel, name, and wedding poem about how much angels love to attend weddings. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: No.6. In My Dreams. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/fxUwwRHufiFcyQTQ/fxUwwRHufiFcyQTQ_j1653943017255-pypplo_t1653943075.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fxUwwRHufiFcyQTQ/1689775460/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=45bca2c37ee208c70fe33ee3b5c1b9135867cadc 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/let-me-be-the-bandage-for-your-bleeding Let Me Be the Bandage for Your Bleeding A love and friendship poem about sharing pain and sadness. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: E Minor Prelude. By Frederic Chopin. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/EvuANVvyduTDkLxq/EvuANVvyduTDkLxq_j1655058384334-6957uo_t1655058439.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/EvuANVvyduTDkLxq/1690567151/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=f7f929e22413dfe04f133cb0ad8ef0edf9da344b 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/love-is-the-spring-from-which-all-longing-flows Love Is the Spring from Which All Longing Flows A wedding poem about married love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/PPcPTiAJrcrRPTOy/PPcPTiAJrcrRPTOy_j1656101364329-1p5367_t1656101417.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/PPcPTiAJrcrRPTOy/1720335633/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=e6020e1c020f0808be620b0bcc42be81244b734a 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-the-founding-fathers To the Founding Fathers A poem for Independence Day (USA) to the founders of the Republic. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/pAqWfidGztWSAYBa/pAqWfidGztWSAYBa_j1656910771451-1r6mu5_t1656910827.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/pAqWfidGztWSAYBa/1691948884/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=dccce15c0fbda663db62816815c7cfc1906b289b 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/whiskers-will-remain-a-wily-wastrel Whiskers Will Remain a Wily Wastrel A poem about a pet cat who chooses to please himself. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Bittersweet Waltz. By Sir Cubworth. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XxaWmLStIuqzdBJT/XxaWmLStIuqzdBJT_j1656959646452-o8cxzr_t1656959676.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XxaWmLStIuqzdBJT/1693637001/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3ed0aae98c0b3ceb771145ba95c0759b611185a0 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/youre-the-atlas-who-holds-up-my-world Youre the Atlas Who Holds Up My World A love poem. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Love Letters. By Aaron Kenny. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/DEhcwEjfFUrKJtyT/DEhcwEjfFUrKJtyT_j1657559714642-klq9xs_t1657559749.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DEhcwEjfFUrKJtyT/1690261424/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=64a3c9c34ef284dc50ac6c2f69cceb8f4ea93d00 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thank-you-for-your-friendship-and-your-love Thank You for Your Friendship and Your Love A thank you poem for friendship and love. by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/eTfSpfUFgxMzXgWp/eTfSpfUFgxMzXgWp_j1657740454151-mabchh_t1657740488.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/eTfSpfUFgxMzXgWp/1690477395/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2c3f7367007ce799879a804d2991fb7e4080dd39 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/occasions-such-as-these-acquire-meaning Occasions Such as These Acquire Meaning An engagement poem about the public dimension of a personal vow: Occasions such as these acquire meaning Not only in the heart but on the stage, Your intimate agreement now convening Our families, for we also will engage. Union will unite two universes, Reaching back and forward into time, Eliciting new verses and reverses Needed to accommodate the rhyme. Granted, then, the Thespian component, Albeit small, of what will now unfold, Giving to your audience a moment Each may in collective memory hold. May you find in love a public beauty Equal to your private sense of duty, No less a part of happiness than pleasure, Though passion sing, and rapture be your leisure. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/occasi.html. For more engagement poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/engagementpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/WJuqIDYjBmkuECkl/WJuqIDYjBmkuECkl_j1659461563409-0104t2_t1659461616.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WJuqIDYjBmkuECkl/1720062816/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=fa7aed5803c147f866c5bdfbae5cf051330661f5 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/stephanie-is-loved-more-than-she-knows Stephanie Is Loved More than She Knows A name poem for a woman ruled by her passions: Stephanie is loved more than she knows. There is in her a wildness hard to tame. Even as her lover calls her name, Passion dictates when she comes and goes. However, theres a sweetness in her heart, A tenderness thats loathe to sponsor pain. No lover will be long left in the rain Indeed, when lost, she cant be long apart. Each turn is made for love and not for gain. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/stepha2.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Angels Dream. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/oCMkSpjpGMHNZqvH/oCMkSpjpGMHNZqvH_j1659546030099-3n48vk_t1659546070.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/oCMkSpjpGMHNZqvH/1685217939/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=533a35f326b6b02ae6a3dda664f017132c430305 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/lest-you-think-high-taxes-rob-the-rich Lest You Think High Taxes Rob the Rich A political Labor Day poem about the redistribution of wealth: Lest you think high taxes rob the rich And redistribute wealth down towards the poor, Be aware: That very wealth from labor Once flowed upwards towards those greedy hands. Redistribution goes both ways, and which Direction gets more flow is not unsure. All the winds are in the wealthys favor, Yielding only to fierce-fought demands. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lesty2.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UaGdGzraIDJxjDeP/UaGdGzraIDJxjDeP_j1659589419298-e6jghj_t1659589458.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UaGdGzraIDJxjDeP/1686757944/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ce96cd88979d6e3e87e26e1c956452d11ea97eaf 42 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/all-i-ever-wanted-was-to-love-you All I Ever Wanted Was to Love You A divorce poem to an ex long after the divorce: All I ever wanted was to love you As when I saw you first from far away. But then it was my sweet mistake to have you Too young to hold the demons long at bay. For years I hated you, for only hate Could cauterize the wounds that would not heal, And gorged myself on fantasies to sate A hunger I could neither suage nor feel. Eventually, we both found other loves And settled into other lives. And yet The past like some unquiet ghost still moves Within, too fraught with longing to forget. We have moved on, as is mature and wise. But love, though long abandoned, never dies. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/allie2.html. For more poems about divorce, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/divorcepoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Mysterious Sorrows. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/SkATIxhyvJYtMKXC/SkATIxhyvJYtMKXC_j1659644827235-2oqlk5_t1659644888.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SkATIxhyvJYtMKXC/1684162642/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=c406fd60e1ecc724f2ac62ab5cb736a77514df5d 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/heritage-is-the-music-of-lifes-dance Heritage Is the Music of Lifes Dance An epitaph for a Hispanic artist who both preserved and was inspired by his cultural heritage: Heritage is the music of lifes dance, Uniting generations in shared grace, Gift of centuries of celebrants, One that without care time will efface. My lifes passion was its preservation, Organizing venues where it might Re-engage another generation As years of dancers dance into the night. Let the past then be my legacy, Even as the past passed down to me, Serving not as writ, but inspiration. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/herita.html. For more epitaphs go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/epitaphs.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Pink Flamenco. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uuMFVCpLEqIoaZvC/uuMFVCpLEqIoaZvC_j1659648205470-cot2s8_t1659648310.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uuMFVCpLEqIoaZvC/1686845301/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=7d7371783e2289c1c5994cff654975e7d4ffd87d 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/not-a-day-goes-by-that-i-dont-think-of-you Not a Day Goes By that I Dont Think of You A poem of mourning to a deceased spouse: Not a day goes by that I dont think of you. They say I should move on, but tell me, where? Where such love as I have shared with you, Such sweetness from such joy so many years? There has to be some room for storing sorrow, Some place to keep ones undivided pain, Where past can still be present, though in shadow, And I can hold you in my arms again. Ah, darling! We will be together always, Though you are dead, and I must live alone. Time is nothing but an open window To things more real, which you and I have known. When we were married, we became one flesh So now in me youll not return to dust. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/notada.html. For more poems about death, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/deathpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. https://streaming.open.video/poster/IBOwSuntHhCAOUue/IBOwSuntHhCAOUue_j1659930884258-0tspcp_t1659930951.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IBOwSuntHhCAOUue/1683763361/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3eb8827444f31901f46a7334bf8ecfdb4808cd77 75 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/for-those-who-didnt-know-me-i-was-shy For Those Who Didnt Know Me, I Was Shy An epitaph for a skittish cat. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XgIIlclulBCIRIXW/XgIIlclulBCIRIXW_j1663441407352-qa68d8_t1663441446.000.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XgIIlclulBCIRIXW/1680908256/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=437cb376b181292f2458d2d0f011ffc7b8a6d4ee 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/o-lord-our-hope-and-our-redeemer O Lord, Our Hope and Our Redeemer A prayer for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. https://streaming.open.video/poster/mPWMDjddlCuMIYPq/mPWMDjddlCuMIYPq_j1663871800411-akvnso_t1663871871.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/mPWMDjddlCuMIYPq/1690609878/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=e1ebe004e41b7f1f97e68c130bac9f90c86bc248 93 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/o-lord-our-hope-and-our-redeemer-2 O Lord, Our Hope and Our Redeemer A prayer for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. https://streaming.open.video/poster/aSAMMbuotZFkhUZH/aSAMMbuotZFkhUZH_j1663873858178-73knjr_t1663873928.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/aSAMMbuotZFkhUZH/1683476736/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=6ad81a44ed4742d89eb241384fe44c3dc355255a 93 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/you-pray-not-for-yourself-alone-but-all You Pray Not for Yourself Alone but All A poem for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, about the communal dimension of sin: You pray not for yourself alone but all. One never chooses sin in isolation. Most evil is not merely personal. Kindness looks for common inspiration. In every act there is community. Perhaps one would prefer it were not so. Placing eachs guilt on all may be Unfair, but then each righteous soul must see Reflections of itself in every woe. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/youpra.html. For more poems about the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/JRuZXhUuXLSmZckK/JRuZXhUuXLSmZckK_j1664829312303-lr2lu3_t1664829357.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JRuZXhUuXLSmZckK/1688939330/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=16bd9553b8ea73baa348b91d95dd70c48c767283 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/historic-injustices Historic Injustices A docupoem adapted from The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples have suffered From historic injustices, Among which are their colonization And dispossession of their lands, Thus preventing them from exercising Their right to development In accordance with their own needs and interests. We recognize the urgent need To respect and promote their inherent rights, Which derive from their cultures, spiritual traditions, Histories and philosophies, And especially their rights To their lands and resources And also the urgent need To respect and promote The rights of indigenous peoples Affirmed in treaties, agreements, And other constructive arrangements with States. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/histor.html. For more poems for Indigenous Peoples Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/indigenouspeoplesdaypoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/xlSOqaaHtIgPhUdj/xlSOqaaHtIgPhUdj_j1665256028892-rvsxvk_t1665256091.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xlSOqaaHtIgPhUdj/1684813903/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=b9ca2f3c776f4a00a7a0544c0489e9c3aaabfb75 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-are-good-things-about-being-forty There Are Good Things About Being Forty A poem about being forty years old: There are good things about being forty: Still young and attractive, still Free to try again, Knowing what we know now. Not so bad being forty: Not old and sick, not Dying, but still Close enough to understand. Having grown children, Watching parents die, Looking equally ahead and behind, Knowing failure, inner weakness, disappointment, Knowing bitterly our limitations, Knowing deaths bitter beauty, Watching the black sun rise with the night No longer naive, not yet wise, No longer stirred by hope, not yet at peace, And still One would think by now we would be settled, But no. We are alone, restless, still Like children, Even knowing what we know now. Its OK, being forty: Still a child, Always children, Lying equally in the arms of life and death, Knowing beauty and terror, Peace and agitation, Mother and daughter, Father and son, Giver and needer-- Hold me to your heart, Be still. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/good40.html. For more poems about ages, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/gwTHXrgJsURBtpqN/gwTHXrgJsURBtpqN_j1665675215533-vegbno_t1665675308.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/gwTHXrgJsURBtpqN/1688392900/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1dbd212c017a20110c8df80cf617f83853153362 114 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/halloween-wraps-fear-in-innocence Halloween Wraps Fear in Innocence A Halloween poem about the psychology of playing with terror: Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat, Lest it overwhelm our common sense. Our nightmares are the founts of fancy whence We draw upon the monsters we would meet, Eluding horrors we cannot defeat, Enjoying the parade of our pretense Now ranged across the night in our defense. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hallo3.html. For more poems about Halloween, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/WZVQRAlozkYvQmLV/WZVQRAlozkYvQmLV_j1666497623282-jepwtt_t1666497664.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WZVQRAlozkYvQmLV/1717983046/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=89a7b6027cbbcae4f3c0e9dc03beab967efcfc1a 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hold-me-to-your-willing-heart Hold Me to Your Willing Heart A love poem about the need to let go of a lost love: Hold me to your willing heart And let me - help me - weep That I of need might fall apart And then at last might sleep. Let the truth slice into me That I might finally bleed And purge myself of agony I cannot now concede. For I have bound myself in light That I might live in joy, And cannot - will not - let the night My bonds of love destroy. And yet I know if I would gain The peace for which I pray, I must allow the floods of pain To wash my love away. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/holdme.html. For more poems about love, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/lLgkhaYTpzCoZPRl/lLgkhaYTpzCoZPRl_j1666586007083-59e4sw_t1666586120.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lLgkhaYTpzCoZPRl/1687585601/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0960453234aec10ac0b65caceae8511904324d09 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/exhausted-by-the-long-campaign Exhausted by the Long Campaign A poem for Election Day (USA) about the requirement to accept the results of an election peacefully: Exhausted by the long campaign, Leveraging what we believe, Emails pounding like hard rain, Checks piling up like autumn leaves ... This right is our sine qua non, Imperfect though the law may be, One nation choosing, moving on, Not messing with our sovereignty. Democracies depend on trust And shared consent because they must, Yielding power peacefully. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/exhaus.html. For more Election Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/electiondaypoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/AJGalFAgSyWNOidU/AJGalFAgSyWNOidU_j1666980769321-uo6bpa_t1666980908.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AJGalFAgSyWNOidU/1693288609/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8875ffc7c5198e3dc6e059611836ce8e127fc881 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/home-is-the-habit-that-dwells-in-habitation Home Is the Habit That Dwells in Habitation A philosophical and congratulations poem on the meaning of home: Home is the habit that dwells in habitation. Out of the familiar comes the longing, Making place a matter of belonging, Enduring urge that hungers for relation. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/homei3.html. For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/ybLWcxDCINcZPLOp/ybLWcxDCINcZPLOp_j1667690861458-63uodg_t1667691197.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ybLWcxDCINcZPLOp/1685728887/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=df150d3f4c2428d0683b01c580734f47f60df0b8 21 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/blessings-do-not-come-in-bite-sized-portions Blessings Do Not Come in Bite-Sized Portions A Thanksgiving poem about the nature of blessings. https://streaming.open.video/poster/OVELRHLlHpIrniKa/OVELRHLlHpIrniKa_j1668997675984-hvfo2u_t1668997735.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/OVELRHLlHpIrniKa/1716297818/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=38856e5c4dde8f7e0772771ec2dc9f3acbfd0775 69 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/here-the-winter-winds-come-off-the-sea Here the Winter Winds Come Off the Sea A philosophical Happy Holidays poem written for a family that lives on the coast of Northern California. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UKvtPSNhlGDmYpnG/UKvtPSNhlGDmYpnG_j1669612974059-rvo77g_t1669613133.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UKvtPSNhlGDmYpnG/1693525765/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=16a0eeee1eb6410ab977b46edbb23159ebd0e8fd 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seldom-is-one-satisfied-with-sorrow Seldom Is One Satisfied with Sorrow A philosophical Seasons Greetings poem. https://streaming.open.video/poster/lYACPhCEaZaRifiK/lYACPhCEaZaRifiK_j1669655951531-djq3mi_t1669656016.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lYACPhCEaZaRifiK/1715838513/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=df7642a4e8aaf68612314380d7f40547989573ce 79 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/have-a-happy-hanukkah2 Have a Happy Hanukkah2 A Happy Holidays poem to a child of mixed Jewish-Christian heritage. https://streaming.open.video/poster/JrqXsqBDGiinlQCP/JrqXsqBDGiinlQCP_j1670108153988-hjpxck_t1670108199.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JrqXsqBDGiinlQCP/1690174457/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3938a3e92c1cc5b55798505ad99673955a76347d 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/christmas-is-a-poem-a-myth-a-song Christmas Is a Poem, a Myth, a Song A Christmas poem about the beauty of Christmas even for those who may not be Christian. Christmas is a poem, a myth, a song, Here to give a god humanity, Reifying hopes for which we long, Illustrating what we cannot see. Still, its beauty overwhelms its truth, True of any well-wrought work of art, Meaning more than might require proof, An angels voice for those whod stay aloof, Singing to the non-sectarian heart. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chris6.html. For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269. https://streaming.open.video/poster/sIqXmHVkEjkHsYxM/sIqXmHVkEjkHsYxM_j1671310661145-i4ftav_t1671310694.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/sIqXmHVkEjkHsYxM/1688126593/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2438027021598baaa8c7e7f9ec7be231f11162f7 43 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happy-new-year-darling Happy New Year, Darling A Happy New Year love poem: Happy New Year, darling! Another year gone by! Peeling off the onion, Pausing just to cry. Yet what could be more lovely? Nestled into need, Embracing while dancing Wherever life may lead. Yearning is a blessing Even though we have All weve ever yearned for, Rendered us by love. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/happ58.html. For more New Years poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newyearsdaypoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/hqqtSnuiEHxpldME/hqqtSnuiEHxpldME_j1671507603718-uemu5l_t1671507633.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hqqtSnuiEHxpldME/1682837787/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5ccce6ff89c2a07e0a59356968a0d85007deb373 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/each-of-us-might-follow-a-bright-star Each of Us Might Follow a Bright Star A poem for Epiphany about the dangers of politicizing revelation: Each of us might follow a bright star, Perhaps to a redemptive revelation, Intending, then, to change the way things are, Passionate to socialize salvation. However, please beware of what you do: Ambition, even selfless, can turn sour. No truth fits all, though burning inside you, Yearning less for paradise than power. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/eacho4.html. For more poems about epiphany, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/poems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/ULHLVEOOAOGNapls/ULHLVEOOAOGNapls_j1671909889609-cgdjlm_t1671910260.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ULHLVEOOAOGNapls/1690541600/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=72d53b3275dda413bc3dcb78e6cd47d2fc3d6748 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-only-way-out-seems-to-lead-further-in The Only Way Out Seems to Lead Further In A poem about a gambling addiction: The only way out seems to lead further in. The more you succeed, the more you want more. You are the loser each time that you win. Of course, youll be tempted at times to begin. Thats what the tokens and vouchers are for. The only way out seems to lead further in. So you take the free money and watch the wheel spin. Your number comes up! It opens the door. You are the loser each time that you win. You know very well that your chances are slim, Yet you crave the excitement in which your dreams soar. The only way out seems to lead further in. The everyday light of your life seems to dim In the blare and the glare on the gambling floor. You are the loser each time that you win. When youre finally broke, and the future looks grim, No worries! Youll soon all those losses restore. The only way out seems to lead further in. You are the loser each time that you win. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/theon3.html. For more poems about addictions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ alcoholismaddictionpoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo89269 . https://streaming.open.video/poster/tqVdAMkiRZmnZRpd/tqVdAMkiRZmnZRpd_j1671925969961-mi5cfp_t1671926053.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/tqVdAMkiRZmnZRpd/1687704625/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=596320d1d6e8afe2a42168d6aaebf1b5624fcb30 99 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-are-those-who-shy-away-from-being There Are Those Who Shy Away from Being A poem for the Chinese, or Lunar, New Year (The Year of the Rabbit). https://streaming.open.video/poster/bAzBrccxrALfHKKV/bAzBrccxrALfHKKV_j1673722626059-davtr6_t1673722685.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bAzBrccxrALfHKKV/1691120553/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=81d874f469d7f7d67dffb278d43809e4b61f6131 82 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/teolan-takes-the-time-to-take-her-time Teolan Takes the Time to Take Her Time A name poem for a woman wise enough to take her time. https://streaming.open.video/poster/nqShCdbZumDNesMZ/nqShCdbZumDNesMZ_j1674163889031-7d0l4y_t1674163918.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/nqShCdbZumDNesMZ/1691031640/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=292cbf9384ef8f5c77b50380715928ec4f0b8e8d 29 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/some-say-i-was-more-a-dog-than-cat Some Say I Was More a Dog than Cat An epitaph for a sociable cat. https://streaming.open.video/poster/AmCKLYSQRCeYZBTN/AmCKLYSQRCeYZBTN_j1674237705910-n5n08k_t1674237750.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AmCKLYSQRCeYZBTN/1692878171/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3a0297e1e26d8af0bf9f09f35839c962f9dd4c2a 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-the-grassroots-politics-of-love Sing of the Grassroots Politics of Love A political number poem about politics and love. https://streaming.open.video/poster/vxiaqkVowJjFnQaY/vxiaqkVowJjFnQaY_j1675190590637-qz6f0u_t1675190707_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vxiaqkVowJjFnQaY/1693411666/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=db1b8d4073bb7079daddda6eac9df5b354f1db83 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/variations-on-a-theme-by-eros Variations on a Theme by Eros A Valentines Day poem about love as a theme and variations. https://streaming.open.video/poster/QAxlmsBTWRAxokrI/QAxlmsBTWRAxokrI_j1675641411615-i0hk76_t1675641487_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/QAxlmsBTWRAxokrI/1686386781/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5eff1984755754e4bdbf6e0df48af1c34a3ef4c6 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/perhaps-there-is-some-better-way-than-voting Perhaps There Is Some Better Way than Voting A Presidents Day poem about the wisdom of choosing leaders democratically. https://streaming.open.video/poster/wOfUvCgVopjEhIBV/wOfUvCgVopjEhIBV_j1675904252747-hdsin2_t1675904355_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/wOfUvCgVopjEhIBV/1691556883/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1e9e2c6182f06a97f7f8bec28637e36caffbe03c 64 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/when-i-pray-to-you-words-re-not-enough When I Pray to You, Words re Not Enough A religious and philosophical poem about music as a kind of prayer: When I pray to You, words are not enough. They fail to tell You what is in my heart Until I add the midrash of my art. Music is feeling filtered through fire, Purified passion, molten desire. Music is sunlight that shines from the soul. Words come in fragments, music is whole. When I pray to You, words are not enough. My supplication turns into a song, Asking for the grace for which I long. Musics a gift from Your heart to mine. As I write it, our spirits combine. Your gift to me twice given proves: Through it I give You the gift of my love. by Nicholas Gordon For this image I am indebted to Michael Isaacson, whose book, Music as Midrash, introduced me to the idea. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more poems about religion, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/religiouspoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/ . https://streaming.open.video/poster/mMNTZSlaCpWRnPKM/mMNTZSlaCpWRnPKM_j1677357586699-3eaca9_t1677357682_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/mMNTZSlaCpWRnPKM/1677357683/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=62c05bbcb26a85677a0939b721f5647c52335265 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-happiness-without-love There Is No Happiness Without Love A number poem to a pre-teen about the importance of love: There is no happiness without love Whatever, whomever matters, of course, but love. Every choice you make should be for love, Leading you to live a life of love, Vested deeply in the work you love, Embracing well each day the ones you love. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ther49.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . For more poems to children, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/childrenpoems.html .To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/ . https://streaming.open.video/poster/gZnLbtQdJuFUQudJ/gZnLbtQdJuFUQudJ_j1677861940180-dub9wh_t1677862018_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/gZnLbtQdJuFUQudJ/1677862018/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=2d643b84605cac500ca6aeefe9382680caa89d76 29 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/souls-and-selves-are-organ-tones-and-tunes Souls and Selves Are Organ Tones and Tunes A psychological poem for St. Patricks Day about the relationship between souls and selves: Souls and selves are organ tones and tunes. The soul is deep, unchanging, it abides. Placed in time, but not of time, it rides Above the silence, alike in graves or wombs. The self is full of feeling as it croons, Restricted to a shallow range, but wide. In constant flux, it flits from side to side, Changing as it nears its bliss or doom. Know that soul and self sing one sweet song Mid sense and sentiment, in ecstasy, Sing as one their gratitude for being. Do, then, bound for death, please sing along, A chorister transfixed by beauty, singing, Yielding to the rich, full harmony. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/soulsa.html. For more St. Patricks Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/UsrUbmzHSexaBFxp/UsrUbmzHSexaBFxp_j1678215104637-lx6udf_t1678215171_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UsrUbmzHSexaBFxp/1678215172/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8e524ec74decfe999a472693e28cc53c086602b6 74 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/roam-anywhere-you-wish-and-then-return Roam Anywhere You Wish, and Then Return A Ramadan poem about the compatibility of secular learning and religious faith: Roam anywhere you wish, and then return. All you want to know, you ought to know. Maybe youre afraid that what you learn Apart from holy things will turn your head. Delight in Allah everywhere you go, And feed your hungry mind till its well fed. Nor need you for your faith one insight spurn. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/roaman.html. For more poems about , go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ramadanpoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/uVPOMpKWwGsqFdcI/uVPOMpKWwGsqFdcI_j1678979183262-h9oc37_t1678979291_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uVPOMpKWwGsqFdcI/1678979291/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=06921300b3dc02c6a40719650775fac1618bc2e7 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fifty-nine-is-traveling-towards-sunset Fifty-Nine Is Traveling Towards Sunset A philosophical number poem for a fifty-nine-year-old about time and the eternal moment: Fifty-nine is traveling towards sunset. Its still quite light, and hours lie ahead. Fortune still awaits beyond the bend, Times gift to those by rushing dreams still fed, Yearnings lightly tinged with mixed regrets. No matter. Life remains a flower bed In which the moment lingers without end, Needing, wanting, missing nothing, yet Embracing what must leaves and petals shed. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/59d.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/kEzNCPVPlmDotFOb/kEzNCPVPlmDotFOb_j1679878070502-5yl8d5_t1679878173_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/kEzNCPVPlmDotFOb/1679878174/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5d27d34873b2f58fdeae8ed358a3ef15eb53778c 49 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/easter-and-passover-are-about Easter and Passover Are About A poem to a child of mixed heritage about choosing a religion: Easter and Passover are about Some pretty serious things: One, a crucifixion, and The other, slavery. But they tell of miracles, The kind from which faith springs: One, a resurrection, and One, a parted sea. Which faith are you? You have your choice: Christian, Jewish, none, Or something else, its up to you, Though you should take your time. Learn, learn, learn about them both Before you choose just one, And about yourself, and more, And then your faiths define. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/easte8.html. For more poems about Easter and Passover, go to either https://www.poemsforfree.com/easterpoems.html or https://www.poemsforfree.com/passoverpoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/LcRtDOaDUbYFdfzU/LcRtDOaDUbYFdfzU_j1680150642076-jdxqdc_t1680150737_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LcRtDOaDUbYFdfzU/1680150737/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=3f00cfc8093721e3869a696945e1bae7f583da39 59 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/yuraisha Yuraisha A name poem for a woman who is nostalgic for times past: Yuraisha yearns for yesterday, a time Unbounded by what happened in between, Restoring all the beauty of the dream, Although but bittersweet because behind. In what she has and is she takes great pride, Singing down the highway of her days. However, sometimes nothing meets her gaze As she turns back towards where cold winds abide. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yurais.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/bGNNvWZYfayruvPC/bGNNvWZYfayruvPC_j1680896090728-rpd91l_t1680896197_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bGNNvWZYfayruvPC/1680896198/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1b25f0a2059c975f36231fe8606cdd3ea0712d01 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/exactly-which-would-you-prefer Exactly Which Would You Prefer An Earth Day poem about the effect of human population on the environment: Exactly which would you prefer: A cradle or a conifer? Rejoice in each new soul, of course, Though too much life pollutes the source. Human life, especially, Defies its own ecology And demonstrates that less is more. Your preference awaits, therefore. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/exact1.html. For more Earth Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/earthdaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/urcmCtLaisfUsJVf/urcmCtLaisfUsJVf_j1681150157876-mq8e6v_t1681150218_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/urcmCtLaisfUsJVf/1681150218/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=66995c1d2b56fe6b828e71e5c3b9992ae6cabdfa 29 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/for-someone-who-devotes-his-life-to-trees For Someone Who Devotes His Life to Trees A number poem for a ranger in a National Park that preserves trees: For someone who devotes his life to trees, Of whom it may be said he does much good, Rejoicing in the natural harmonies That come from land with no one else to please, Yielding grace instead of wheat or wood. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/exact2.html. For more Arbor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/arbordaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/LsZtkEfCtHfqUTfW/LsZtkEfCtHfqUTfW_j1681178727156-ymbghq_t1681178807_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LsZtkEfCtHfqUTfW/1681178807/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=581c605d3842fc9be27734ec2320e5534de4555a 24 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-seasons The Seasons A calendar poem about the seasons: THE SEASONS Spring comes laughing down the mountainside, Bursts out into colors, full of joy, Astounded once again to be alive, To dance at will through sweet green fields once more. Summer settles into long, slow days, Relishing each empty, timeless hour, Rich with golden sunlight, blessed with shade, So perfect, one is free of all desire. Autumn has abundant energy. There is much to do and little time, But just enough to paint a bit of beauty Across the shimmering leaves before they die. Winter wills the weary world to sleep, Invoking winds that howl like hungry wolves, Whistling down the drifts till all is still. The white world waits to be wakened by a kiss. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thesea.html. For more calendar poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/calendarpoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/CDzjbmScGpkyuUVX/CDzjbmScGpkyuUVX_j1681779106674-l5ypkf_t1681779200_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CDzjbmScGpkyuUVX/1681779201/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=39b5d58b4501503082dc2fe350fe4b618e97ba31 80 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/here-there-can-be-no-excuse-for-sadness Here There Can Be No Excuse for Sadness A Mothers Day poem for those who were abused by their mothers as children: Here there can be no excuse for sadness! All must be happy on this Mothers Day! Pleased to be, for being comes this way Pleased to feel the common sense of gladness. Yet some are blighted, broken, mired in sadness, Maimed by mothers battering as they may, Owned by grief unowned, and tears that stay Through joy and sorrow, sanity and madness. How might such victims join the celebration, Enduring happiness they cannot share, Remaining, as they must, marooned outside, Mid memories too painful to recall? So might there still be love in the relation, Despite the rage that, buried, yields despair, A longing in the child that screamed and cried Yet strong enough to make sense of it all. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/heret5.html. For more Mothers Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mothersdaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/rFpFDYzRXwbYdLDC/rFpFDYzRXwbYdLDC_j1681923934513-mpwbf3_t1681924006_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rFpFDYzRXwbYdLDC/1681924007/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5c83bafa4ae5a69b3792c96430d9f0f21731ef39 81 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/forever-remains-folded-into-time Forever Remains Folded into Time A 55th anniversary poem about love, eternity, and time: Forever remains folded into time, Infinity tucked into every moment, Found through love, the wonder and the sign That hangs like rainbow mist above lifes torrent. Years matter not, nor decades, generations Flowing through the defiles of our days In a stream of thoughts, hopes, dreams, sensations Vanishing beneath our inward gaze. Eloquence matters not, nor strength, nor wisdom, Yearning, wanting, desiring what one would, Endurance, poverty or wealth, ambition All matter not, rightly understood. Remember: Though love graces time, it dwells Somewhere timeless, from which lifes spring upwells. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/forev9.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/xQaktnfgDGVhmLEC/xQaktnfgDGVhmLEC_j1682137658983-qicprr_t1682137720_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/xQaktnfgDGVhmLEC/1682137720/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0889b5ee4040ed605b8b5a66d65a8deceef9afb8 74 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/in-mourning-seafog In Mourning, Seafog A love and thank-you poem for the gift of love at a moment of grief: In mourning, seafog Makes small things visible. Pearls cling to petals. Pine needles are fringed with glass. The sea breaks against rocks. Heaving back, it breaks again. What does the wild rose know of its beauty? Have you any idea what youve given me? by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seafog.html. For more love poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/vXGQEpGXsLTegoOA/vXGQEpGXsLTegoOA_j1682793457519-obyso4_t1682793574_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vXGQEpGXsLTegoOA/1682793574/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yGZRbIWziHu 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vpsomet2 vpsomet2 vpsomet2 https://streaming.open.video/poster/KCfNaisVIpHuwkrj/KCfNaisVIpHuwkrj_j1682887699526-az0ocd_t1682887794_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KCfNaisVIpHuwkrj/1682887795/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5jssal5Oiqu 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sometimes-a-sacrifice-or-two-comes-easy Sometimes a Sacrifice or Two Comes Easy A graduation love poem for a spouse: Sometimes a sacrifice or two comes easy: Loves a very generous reward. Two people are in equal need quite rarely, So one becomes the tune and one the chord. Today I feel immeasurably lucky To celebrate with you this milestone. The music in my heart is very lovely. I watch you from below, but not alone. Ill always be exactly where you want me, As I have faith that you will be for me. No missing paradise will ever haunt me, For you and I will share our melody. Im proud of what youve done and what youll do. No one could be more blessed than I with you. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/somet2.html. For more graduation poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/graduationpoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/bYVbkkkFBSrnFYpY/bYVbkkkFBSrnFYpY_j1682887761800-68r4u8_t1682887831_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bYVbkkkFBSrnFYpY/1682887831/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5PYcHBz4Pbu 67 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fifty-years-have-passed-fifty-years Fifty Years Have Passed. Fifty Years! A Memorial Day poem to a first husband killed in battle 50 years earlier. Fifty years have passed. Fifty years! More than half my eighty years ago! I weep with grief, with wonder, silent tears. Equally, the pain and beauty sear My heart -- I cant let either go. Fifty years have passed. Fifty years! Time cuts through my heart with ruthless shears. Theres so much of my life youll never know! I weep with grief, with wonder, silent tears. I had a second husband, a career, Three children, seven grandchildren, and so Fifty years have passed. Fifty years! About which you know nothing. No one hears My cries, has ever shared my private woe. I weep with grief, with wonder, silent tears. Alone, both husbands gone, my memory clears. Im with you once again, my love, although Fifty years have passed. Fifty years! I weep with grief, with wonder, silent tears. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/50yea6.html. For more Memorial Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/memorialdaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/XIlLdcnycRHMaZdc/XIlLdcnycRHMaZdc_j1682889019800-e1on0k_t1682889131_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XIlLdcnycRHMaZdc/1682889131/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qrAYHl4OiWu 108 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/after-my-father-gave-me-his-blessing After My Father Gave Me His Blessing A Fathers Day poem about a dying father trying to communicate his feelings to his son: After my father gave me his blessing For the first time, saying, God bless you As I left him to the darkness, He held me there and kissed my hand. For the first time saying, God bless you In all the years that I had loved him, He held me there and kissed my hand, And the child shivered with delight. In all the years that I had loved him, We understood no need to speak. The child shivered with delight The man in silence turned away. We understood no need to speak As I left him to the darkness. The man in silence turned away After my father gave me his blessing. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/afterm.html. For more Fathers Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html . To receive a new poem from me each week, subscribe to my free newsletter at https://poemsforfree.substack.com/. https://streaming.open.video/poster/yvsZlZWsmwEzDCAX/yvsZlZWsmwEzDCAX_j1682904167551-z3wur7_t1682904285_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/yvsZlZWsmwEzDCAX/1682904286/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4itIiR45Pqu 74 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/june-19th-1865 June 19th, 1865 A Juneteenth poem explaining the origin of the holiday. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/rpFWGBFOfWVHklMl/rpFWGBFOfWVHklMl_j1686933090847-y0h9z2_t1686933168_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rpFWGBFOfWVHklMl/1686933168/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zb_sPR4iaru 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/each-sacrifices-what-the-heart-loves-most Each Sacrifices What the Heart Loves Most A poem for Eid al-Adha about love and sacrifice: Each sacrifices what the heart loves most, Imitating Abraham when he Delivered Isaac to the eternal host, Although with heavy heart, yet faithfully. Love does not grasp, but gives away all things, Aware of something holy in its fire, Destined to retain the gifts it brings, Having first relinquished the desire, As Allah gives one all one would require. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/eachsa.html. For more Eid al-Adha poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/eidaladhapoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/IQoDJhUvMqvwqcmp/IQoDJhUvMqvwqcmp_j1687290856759-cj9oh1_t1687290932_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/IQoDJhUvMqvwqcmp/1687290932/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qO37asyqG5u 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/then-there-was-no-right-to-eat Then, There Was No Right to Eat A poem for Independence Day (USA) about how best to interpret the words of the founding fathers: Then, there was no right to eat, nor was health A right, nor freedom for a slave. Native Peoples were simply dispossessed, and wealth Accrued to men only. The fierce and furtive Cries for love, gay or straight, were smothered. Non-human animals had no rights, nor children Left to drunken fathers or brutal mothers. Oh, yes, that government governed least, but no one Could foresee the brood of rights sprung From words that rang out across the western world That summer day, rights now nearly won, That long lay fearful in predawn silence curled. The founders were wise, but to be true to them, We must apply their words to now, not then. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thenth.html. For more poems about Independence Day (USA), go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/july4thpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/XmNViYYQfZpyRiWf/XmNViYYQfZpyRiWf_j1687725658716-g1ch8p_t1687725748_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XmNViYYQfZpyRiWf/1687725749/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yH3lbQy5Oyu 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/breckon-loves-balls-and-books-and-bubbles Breckon Loves Balls and Books and Bubbles A name poem for a charming child: Breckon loves balls and books and bubbles, Rolling red cars and ruling my heart. Each time I think of my trials and troubles, Cheerful and charming, he plies his sly art. Kids have a way Of making ones day, Nor can they smile, but one falls apart. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/brecko.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/MfLeyUvoennLXSUV/MfLeyUvoennLXSUV_j1688586634266-7tqjw4_t1688586738_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MfLeyUvoennLXSUV/1688586738/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=14FQjJrbPju 28 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happiness-deserves-some-celebration Happiness Deserves Some Celebration A thirtieth anniversary poem: Happiness deserves some celebration As we look back on thirty happy years, Pleased to celebrate both joys and tears, Pleased to share the gift of our relation. Yet happiness devours expectation, Taking in resentments, heartaches, fears, Hungers, dreams abandoned, in arrears, Ill-tempers, flareups, reconciliation. Rest easy in the arms of happiness, The place where being part is being whole, In which the choice to love brings one back home. Enjoy this moment as we pause to bless The quiet music of the lonely soul, Heard by such sweet fortune long ago. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hap101.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/CsDeNsWUhmaWFIBZ/CsDeNsWUhmaWFIBZ_j1689276745878-uckhe3_t1689276836_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CsDeNsWUhmaWFIBZ/1689276836/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rvwsOAXOOru 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/a-farewell-to-a-choirmaster A Farewell to a Choirmaster A goodbye and thank you poem to a choirmaster from a grateful choir: A FAREWELL TO A CHOIRMASTER How often does the violin say thank you To the virtuoso filling it with life? Or the trumpet praise the trumpeter for cutting Through sweet silence like a silver knife? Or the voice sing to the mind in gratitude For giving it the graceful gift of song? Or the body pay obeisance to the heart? Or the house, the builder, for foundations strong? How often does the choir cue the master, Voices blending like a single, living bell, As, ringing with a grateful, joyful sadness, Your instrument now bids you fond farewell. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/afarew.html. For more goodbye poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/goodbyefarewellpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/VSlZnXyWwcaSgzIW/VSlZnXyWwcaSgzIW_j1690052654699-1pg564_t1690052742_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/VSlZnXyWwcaSgzIW/1690052743/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=vf-disrzGru 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-blank-page-beckons-like-a-holy-book The Blank Page Beckons like a Holy Book A philosophical number poem about the act of artistic creation: The blank page beckons like a holy book Holding secrets in its sacred heart. If writing on it sometimes seems like prayer, Remember that the grace that you find there Takes all the fierce devotion of your art Yearning for what mundane life forsook. Then take it! Fill the page with what you took! Well might you look on it and find it fair! Or, if not, work on till Red Seas part! by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thebla.html. For more poems about aesthetics, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/PSwtcpmPckRfCPIa/PSwtcpmPckRfCPIa_j1690476989023-h4kpfw_t1690477089_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/PSwtcpmPckRfCPIa/1690477089/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8u3RGRrHGyu 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/so-few-realize-what-life-is-about So Few Realize What Life Is About An epitaph and name poem for someone who savored an ordinary life: So few realize what life is about. If I knew nothing else, I knew warmth, pleasure, Despite everything, I knew love. People look for what they can measure: A degree, money, children they can brag about, Reasons others might wish them mazel tov. On days like other days were moments I treasured, Life like other lives, humdrum, passing without Yammering, with you, with the children, full, enough ... by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/paroly.html. For more epitaphs, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/epitaphs.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/KgGCZODZVvtuRgbV/KgGCZODZVvtuRgbV_j1690836459339-kc5hsr_t1690836572_base.003.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KgGCZODZVvtuRgbV/1690836572/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=99-AjAyaP5u 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-do-not-wish-to-undermine-your-sorrow I Do Not Wish to Undermine Your Sorrow A poem about the wisdom of limiting periods of grief: I do not wish to undermine your sorrow Or blunt the healing power of your pain, But there will be another day tomorrow, And you will, yes, be happy once again. Grief is music, sad but full of beauty, Song of love that ought not last too long. If it lasts, it turns into self-pity, Which does both mourned and mourner grievous wrong. Grief is just a shaft of mourning sunlight. Its not all-consuming like the night. Soon the clouds will burn away, and one light Of love will shine, ubiquitous and bright. Love is one, beyond all joy and grief. Love is the tree, and each beloved a leaf. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/idono8.html. For more poems about death, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/deathpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/XRsByRXteLjdVltp/XRsByRXteLjdVltp_j1691437553465-53d9ga_t1691437631_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XRsByRXteLjdVltp/1691437631/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4b7Fi6X4jbu 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hold-within-your-arms-a-sun Hold Within Your Arms a Sun A birthday poem wishing someone a personal, perpetual sun: Hold within your arms a sun And let it smile and wish you well. Play with it, and when youre done, Put it where youll never tell. Your sun will smile just for you, Being yours, and yours alone, Inside your palace, out of view, Resting in a place unknown. The sun we wish for you is bright, Happy doing what suns will: Daring to hold off the night As loves and dreams your future fill, Your cares caress and sorrows still. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/holdwi.html. For more birthday poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/birthdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/GczDRzOVZTasuXFa/GczDRzOVZTasuXFa_j1691868693330-8y3e6g_t1691868792_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/GczDRzOVZTasuXFa/1691868792/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rGYoPY5GOyu 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/do-you-think-that-this-is-just-your-business Do You Think That This Is Just Your Business A poem about drunk driving, and about how personal decisions are not just about the people who make them: Do you think that this is just your business? Really, do you think youre on your own? Understand, when youre a little reckless, No risk you take can be your risk alone. Know that when you drive a little tipsy, Daring death to make it home by three, Rock-solid on the wheel, a little dizzy, In control, but super-carefully, Vested in your care are all the loved ones Inside the circle of your homeward run, Nor would you find peace ever if you harmed one, Going mad to undo what youve done. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/doyout.html. For more poems about drunk driving, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/drunkdrivingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/UasMBtImHJNhMpyp/UasMBtImHJNhMpyp_j1692644619033-rxglei_t1692644736_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/UasMBtImHJNhMpyp/1692644736/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=vqBoPRWaHiu 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/let-love-be-your-universal-constant Let Love Be Your Universal Constant A Labor Day poem about the role of love in collective bargaining: Let love be your universal constant, And make it part of every bottom line. Be sure to write love into every contract, On every dull, long-winded page you sign. Remember love when you negotiate. Depend on love to tell you what is fair. As you argue, bargain, calculate, Yield to love -- youll find it even there. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/letlov.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/glGI5VUjQiVa/glGI5VUjQiVa_j1693800718475-5t5iyv_t1693800781_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/glGI5VUjQiVa/1693800782/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=X9s-acqybOu 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-want-to-tell-you-something-you-should-know I Want to Tell You Something You Should Know A poem in which a teenage daughter tells her parents that she is a lesbian: I want to tell you something you should know, Something that you might not want to hear. It is, however, true of me, and so If you would know me, I must make it clear. I am a woman who loves other women. I could not, nor would want to be aught else. I am your daughter and a lesbian. Please make a place for that within yourself. Please love me as I am, as I love you No differently from when I was a child. I am the daughter that you always knew Save for one sweet way that fate has smiled. Whatever you decide, Ill love you still, For love heeds not the weather, but the will. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/iwant7.html. For more poems about homosexuality and lesbianism, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/homosexuallesbianpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/cpWU15xrJsZG/cpWU15xrJsZG_j1693851088847-opppzw_t1693851184_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/cpWU15xrJsZG/1693851184/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rTsUikrOa5u 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/so-did-you-die-of-history So Did You Die of History A poem to the victims of 9/11 about the interplay between evil and ideology: So did you die of history, Each innocent of dogma dead, Purloined to play in some fools head The drama of his destiny. Even in your hapless herds, Miracles to men unmoved, Being loved as you were loved, Even thus, you were but words. Reason seeks what reason knows. Each alone must bridge the gulf, Loving all as if oneself, Else blood with reason endless flows. Vanquished, you must still live on, Each murdered soul a monument, Nor what you mean be what you meant, The private to the public gone, Held long as letters carved in stone. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/sodidy.html. For more poems about 9/11, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/terrorism911poems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/KR9w9RZRoEsd/KR9w9RZRoEsd_upload_t1693888177-miWAfp.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KR9w9RZRoEsd/1693887888/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zL6UOZ4iHPu 68 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/years-pass-the-sins-remain Years Pass, the Sins Remain A poem for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, about the need for faith and love: Years pass, the sins remain One repents, each year the same More regrets, little change Knowledge waxes, knowledge wanes. In faith and love one finds a shore, Presuming less, needing more, Perhaps more chastened, perhaps less sure, Undone by beauty, sustained and pure: Ready for change on Yom Kippur. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more poems about the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/h6WO853bMEj7/h6WO853bMEj7_j1694132622555-i6oixx_t1694132694_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/h6WO853bMEj7/1694132695/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5TB3at4zjiu 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/introduction Introduction An introduction to my poems: Perhaps you want a moment for reflection, Or a glimpse of someones struggles with perfection. Even greyhounds need a clear, still light To bring them to the precipice of night. Rest here, then, where joys and sorrows blend Yearning needs no goal and has no end. Be like a bell, and let me be your tongue: Your thoughts will toll when Ive your passions rung. Nor can I know what words will strike your ears: In poems ones life transfigures what one hears. Clear words contain a silence still as glass, Horizons as remote as distant brass, Old meanings darting luminous in pools, Like light caught in the blaze of well-cut jewels. All this exists like sound without a bell, So be its instrument and listen well. Give my poems the courtesy of space Often they need room to show their grace. Reason works quite wonderfully by day Darkness must be grasped another way. On you the moon, with muted, mirrored beams, Now casts its lace of memories and dreams. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/intro.html. For more poems about aesthetics, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/-H42CVcIcE1R/-H42CVcIcE1R_j1696024407257-vdebmj_t1696024491_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/-H42CVcIcE1R/1696024491/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yyx3Od5zbOu 119 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-right-to-self-determination The Right to Self-Determination A poem for Indigenous Peoples Day, adapted from Articles 3-5 of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the right of indigenous people to determine the manner and extent of their autonomy: THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION Adapted from The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples have the right To self-determination, To freely determine their political status And freely pursue their economic, Social, and cultural development. Indigenous peoples have the right To autonomy and self-government In matters relating to internal And local affairs, As well as ways and means For financing their autonomous functions. Indigenous peoples have the right To maintain and strengthen Their distinct political, legal, Economic, social, And cultural institutions, While retaining their right To participate fully, If they so choose, In the political, economic, Social, and cultural life Of the State. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/theri2.html. For more poems for Indigenous Peoples Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/indigenouspeoplesdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Rk1ijNpiIMui/Rk1ijNpiIMui_j1696821988647-bn0c8r_t1696822057_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Rk1ijNpiIMui/1696822059/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ub_VGZy4ibu 66 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/bosses-are-but-rarely-kind-as-you Bosses Are but Rarely Kind as You A poem for Bosss Day about the wisdom of bosses who inspire love in those they lead: Bosses are but rarely kind as you. On them the burden lies for what we do, Separating them from those below. Still, there are a few like you who know Each of us admires those who lead Sustained by our observance of the need. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/bosses.html. For more poems about professions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Qt9uy1oHlWgY/Qt9uy1oHlWgY_j1697315340748-fegwjk_t1697315444_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Qt9uy1oHlWgY/1697315445/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=ujx3GRq5j5u 30 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thirty-seven-savors-his-obsessions Thirty-Seven Savors His Obsessions A number poem about someone who lives enthusiastically: Thirty-seven savors his obsessions, Having gained in each an expertise. In everything he does there is a song Resounding through his labor loud and long, The music that romances all he sees. Years are inexhaustible possessions. So let us sing of love, that makes each day Endearing and each moment fraught with passion. Very few find pleasures quite so strong, Engrossed in worlds too beautiful to ration. Nor can a cold wind will such joy away. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/37h.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/BMO2W_IAcIwq/BMO2W_IAcIwq_j1697852878165-s0puki_t1697852964_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/BMO2W_IAcIwq/1697852966/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zmwgHlWiPru 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/help-a-little-goblin-out-and-scream Help a Little Goblin Out and SCREAM! A Halloween poem for children about a goblin who does not want to be scary: Help a little goblin out and SCREAM! A goblin needs to prove that it is scary. Let go a howl. Pretend the goblins mean. Let it pretend that its grotesque and hairy. Other, meaner goblins bully it. When Halloween comes round, they like to say, Every goblin should be nightmare fit. Except this goblin doesnt feel that way. Now SCREAM! And then go out with it to play. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/helpal.html. For more Halloween poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/dQ0WSHBjkhk6/dQ0WSHBjkhk6_j1698634294837-ypheg7_t1698634358_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dQ0WSHBjkhk6/1698634359/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=u0--GdXObWu 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vpveerof vpveerof vpveerof https://video-meta.open.video/poster/LmXIKHEIVvKA/LmXIKHEIVvKA_j1698899159042-ptimgo_t1698900638_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LmXIKHEIVvKA/1698900640/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8f2oGZqzjbu 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vpveerof-2 vpveerof vpveerof https://video-meta.open.video/poster/elKgG5ccMf9q/elKgG5ccMf9q_j1698900042090-q8mimv_t1698900706_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/elKgG5ccMf9q/1698900708/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=91wEbdrPOHu 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seventeen-years-can-you-believe-it-i-cant Seventeen Years! Can You Believe It? I Cant! A seventeenth anniversary poem about love and time: Seventeen years! Can you believe it? I cant! Each year of loves a longing left behind, Vast fields of fading memories. Why cant Each be etched more deeply in the mind? No matter. Loves a perennial. It blooms To seasonal rhythms, but survives by will, Enduring. Though a wintry wind consumes Each blossom, the rhizome blossoms still. No matter. Fulfillment, like music, unfolds through time, Yielding moments too beautiful to bear Even as they disappear, each chime Alight with love, with longing, with tears that tear Right through the heart again, again, again, Still, though never still, embrace without end. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/17year.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/rZPG9H7sM97s/rZPG9H7sM97s_j1699733105212-ucktzx_t1699733208_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/rZPG9H7sM97s/1699733210/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XXBZelX4abu 73 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thank-you-for-the-gift-of-life Thank You for the Gift of Life A Thanksgiving poem from an agnostic thanking Whomever for the gift of life: Thank you for the gift of life, For letting me be me, For all that I can know by words And all that I can see, For all the music I can hear And all the songs I sing, For all the joy that comes to me And all the joy I bring, For all the food that I can taste And all the sweet scents smell, For all the loved ones I can touch, Who love and wish me well, For all the beauty of the world, Ever fresh and new, I dont know whom else I can thank, And so Im thanking You. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/than14.html. For more Thanksgiving poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thanksgivingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/MqTiPJ6ZkZ27/MqTiPJ6ZkZ27_j1699813477877-2kgc50_t1699813564_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MqTiPJ6ZkZ27/1699813565/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4WtdmQyjGru 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/barbara Barbara A name poem for a woman for whom love is a war: Barbara knows the power of her smile After years of conquests, she is sure. Regarding love, however, there is more Between a man and woman than a war. All she thinks she has is her allure, Reading eyes for what she wants with guile, Asking how much more she can endure. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/barbar.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/poems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/hBT0G92dQ3Lq/hBT0G92dQ3Lq_j1699815077483-wnmm0k_t1699815163_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hBT0G92dQ3Lq/1699815165/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=q4ttTlyOHWu 31 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/113 113 A Hanukkah poem about the role of ritual in preserving the national identity of a scattered people: Because one hundred and thirteen generations Of Jews lit candles for eight days and prayed (No doubt a miracle--flames in earthen jars), Nor could they, spangled abroad like lonely stars, Inter their music, or cull their recitations, Each cantillated word is death delayed. Some memories are miracles: the jars Empty yet dancing with light, the generations Touched also by fire, burning like distant stars, History twinkling with their recitations Lest words be forgotten and the future die. They prayed On their way naked to the ovens they prayed Resting by Babylons stagnant waters they delayed Reeling into memorys end, the earthen jars Aflame with words, afire with recitations, In words their mountains, their rivers, deserts, stars Nations flowing towards silence, the generations Ebbing into darkness, with candles they delayed ... Granted they seem strange. Their recitations Are as alien as Aztec chants. The empty jars Burning in the temple, the scattered stars Returning eagerly each night. Whose prayers delayed Interment in darkness? Which sunless soul prayed Earnestly enough to light the stars? Long has this love been borne by their generations. Memories need candles. The recitations Of children are like black meadows of fragrant stars Mirroring the eyes of generations. Eventually memories end: the sightless stars Like coal dust blown across the darkness, the jars Like unattended stones. God once delayed Eight days the death of light. The people prayed. Now night awaits the last of their recitations. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/113.html. For more Hanukkah poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chanukahpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/j4HwOPcjMhcR/j4HwOPcjMhcR_j1700606565235-2vjht2_t1700607073_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/j4HwOPcjMhcR/1700607075/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zHBIK745jyu 168 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/holidays-are-handed-down Holidays Are Handed Down A poem about how holidays are preserved: Holidays are handed down, Are gifts from old to young, Pieces of a legacy Part played, part danced, part sung. Years and generations pass, Holidays remain, Organized each time anew, Links upon a chain. In every generation those Determined to pass on A thing of beauty they have known, Yearning for the seeds theyve sown, Sing till they are gone. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/holi14.html. For more Happy Holidays poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/SE4u43NIk1kW/SE4u43NIk1kW_j1701975571721-4kbq2z_t1701976237_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/SE4u43NIk1kW/1701976238/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yCB7nkyybbu 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-the-holidays-that-end-the-year Sing of the Holidays that End the Year A Seasons Greetings poem about the need for holiday songs: Sing of the holidays that end the year! Each cause for celebration and reflection. As darkness rules the earth, sing of good cheer, Sustained by will and nourished by affection. Of Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years Eve, Now sing that you might magnify the light! Sing, for in your joy you will believe, Granted grace throughout the bitter night. Rekindle for these holidays the fire Each carries on the hearthstone of the heart, Eloquent of rapture and desire Tended well by long-familiar art. In quest of fellowship and common feeling, Needing company, nor care concealing, Giving and receiving equal measure, Sing, then, of passion, faith, and simple pleasure! by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/singof.html. For more Seasons Greetings poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/LX7kr7BQNgZc/LX7kr7BQNgZc_j1702755645435-yf4tf8_t1702756145_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/LX7kr7BQNgZc/1702756147/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=r97Yfl4jP4u 69 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/mary-at-midnight-the-babe-in-her-arms Mary at Midnight, the Babe in Her Arms A Christmas poem contrasting the roles of reason and myth: Mary at midnight, the babe in her arms: Ever the myth makes its way to the heart. Reason gives way to desire and art, Rendered quite mute by the quake of its qualms. Yes, of course there are angels filling the sky! Choirs of angels - how could there not be? Heavenly hosts like a luminous sea Rejoicing as God comes to Earth from on high! Is this true? I mean really? As true as my thumb? Sense has a way of making no sense. The value of each soul needs a defense. Maybe a sign can be more than a sum. Angels sing daily as humans do ill. So sing with them! Sing! Of peace and good will! by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/maryat.html. For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/3MNEPZARkuwj/3MNEPZARkuwj_j1702848272525-nhrwnc_t1702848350_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/3MNEPZARkuwj/1702848352/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=DS6RSQWHaru 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/new-years-after-new-years New Years After New Years A New Years poem comparing the passing years to one wave crashing after another: New Years after New Years, Each a wintry wave! White cap after white cap, Yearning for the shore! Endless ranks of billows, All headed for the grave, Raise their hoary crests, Til they, like most Times guests, Stall, crash, and are no more. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newye4.html. For more poems for New Years Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newyearsdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Mr3cGPFihw5G/Mr3cGPFihw5G_j1702859961674-07qgad_t1702861953_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Mr3cGPFihw5G/1702861954/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1DYlKdzbHbu 28 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/millennia-ago-the-jews-were-slaves Millennia Ago, the Jews Were Slaves A poem for Martin Luther Kings birthday about the need to embrace even a past of slavery and torture: Millennia ago, the Jews were slaves, And they never forgot it, nor should we. Remembrance of things past is how one saves The lineage of ones identity. It was as slaves in Egypt that the Jews, Never more than tribes, became a nation, Like the separate, captive, black tribes whose Unique ways fused through forced assimilation. Their nationality was born of pain, Horror, heartache, torture, unspent rage, Each generation auctioned off in chains, Raw wounds no balm could heal nor love assuage Kin by rape to people not akin, Inheriting their language, features, god, Not so much the privilege of their skin, Goods and chattels in the Land of Nod. Just think: How might one such a past embrace? Reject it, then: Would you your self erase? by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more poems for Martin Luter Kings Birthday, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/martinlutherkingpoems.html. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/fpRIzREjoYG5/fpRIzREjoYG5_j1704408841555-yew8du_t1704409448_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fpRIzREjoYG5/1704409450/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4i-6LtWbG5u 83 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/adelina-likes-old-fashioned-things Adelina Likes Old-Fashioned Things A name poem for Adelina, who is old-fashioned: Adelina likes old-fashioned things: Dirt roads twisting through hand-tended fields Eggs from hens that strut across the yard Long wooden tables, faded, pocked, and scarred In steel containers, milk that butter yields Night unlit, that far-flung glory brings And day pristine, that buzzes, chirps, and sings. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/adelin.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/S7RKmHlkIc8i/S7RKmHlkIc8i_j1704738627754-a11i6f_t1704738709_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/S7RKmHlkIc8i/1704738711/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=Wy3Aes4bPju 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/family-is-a-gift-few-can-afford Family Is a Gift Few Can Afford A poem for those struggling with their relationships with family: Family is a gift few can afford. One pays for it, however, anyway, Returning all the costs of room and board, Time, tuition, love, that one might pay. Years pass, but unclaimed memories tend to stay. To be whole, one must ones past embrace, Holding it weeping to ones willing heart, Risking fragile peace for robust grace, Ever love the end, right from the start, Equally together or apart. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/famil3.html. For more poems about psychology, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/psychologicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/PL2myNglMS7Q/PL2myNglMS7Q_j1705773771933-l1rwh9_t1705773855_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/PL2myNglMS7Q/1705773856/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9WFYKlXriyu 49 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/swati-is-a-star-in-her-own-sky Swati Is a Star in Her Own Sky A philosophical name poem for Swati, who knows how to value the gift of Being: Swati is a star in her own sky, What all of us would be, were we all wise, A star among many, yet to her own eyes The point of light that answers all her whys -- Infinite, radiant tear the darkness cries. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/swati2.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/4qQ8vVI6oSiG/4qQ8vVI6oSiG_j1705788113908-wk3j3c_t1705788664_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/4qQ8vVI6oSiG/1705788665/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=v52JTQraOPu 27 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-hope-for-those-who-hope-too-much There Is No Hope for Those Who Hope Too Much A poem for the Lunar New Year: The Year of the Wood Dragon, about the need for hopeless hope: There is no hope for those who hope too much, Here to build a world where evils cease, Eager to embrace a world at peace, Yearning for Utopia, as such. Even so, no truth ought such hope crush, As cynicism has the longer lease, Relying on self-interest to increase, Offering a prickly underbrush. For hopeless hope has much to recommend it. The best need not eviscerate the good. Hope of should can clear a path to would, Even though it breaks the heart to tend it. Dragons are the dreamers to defend it, Resisting blame, as only dragons could, Aware their role might be misunderstood, Given that their dreams best chance might end it. On hopeless hope depends all compromise. Nor ought one undermine it, were one wise. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/there50.html. For more poems for the Lunar New Year, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chinesenewyearpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/FcRse_I6I8YZ/FcRse_I6I8YZ_j1706632374528-gskbkp_t1706632841_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/FcRse_I6I8YZ/1706632843/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WK2QmIyXGyu 80 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vast-differences-between-us-are-like-oceans Vast Differences Between Us Are like Oceans A Valentines Day poem about how the shared need for love can overcome differences: Vast differences between us are like oceans Across which we can fly with open arms. Let us put aside our doubts and qualms, Enduring through the joy of shared emotions. Need is the sustainer of devotions, The answerer of queries and alarms, Issuer of ecstasies and charms, Nemesis of unromantic notions. Each of us needs love as we need food. Ere we see, we longing look for love, Surviving only by that gift of feeling. Deeper than mere sentiment or mood, A hunger we remember little of Yet yearns in ways redemptive and revealing. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/vastdi.html. For more Valentines Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/GWZyv9R5JjZt/GWZyv9R5JjZt_j1707435149233-kyo9s6_t1707435460_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/GWZyv9R5JjZt/1707435462/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8vFZTIyHjHu 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/policy-or-personality Policy or Personality A poem for Presidents Day about the relative importance of policy and personality in determining how voters vote. Policy or personality? Relatively, which deserves more weight? Each can make or break a presidency, Sharing boos or kudos for its fate. In voting, one once chose which quality Demanded greater fear or hope. Of late, Electorates eschew reality, Not open to the truth of either trait. The point, instead, becomes identity, Sustaining which will voters motivate, Devouring moral ambiguity As policy and personality Yield to passion, prejudice, and hate. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/policy.html. For more poems for Presidents Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/presidentsdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/qr_KK7B6UhGZ/qr_KK7B6UhGZ_j1707690323280-o40gnj_t1707690424_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qr_KK7B6UhGZ/1707690425/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=80wkLs4Gazu 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seventy-three-suspends-her-animation Seventy-Three Suspends Her Animation A number poem for a woman who both embraces her feminine role and at the same time dreams of one less self-sacrificing: Seventy-three suspends her animation, Eloping for a moment with a dream, Vividly devouring each sensation, Each image that means more than it can mean. Nor can her love reality redeem. Time moves on, and she comes back to life, Yearning for the woman in the wife. The love of husband, children, grandchildren, Has been a garden long and faithfully tended, Resulting in a peaceful, well-earned beauty, Enduring pleasure she would not want ended, Embrace she chooses out of more than duty. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/73susp.html. For more poems about feminism, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/feminismpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/1yI8v5NrR9Mb/1yI8v5NrR9Mb_j1708021774032-7yqhfc_t1708022088_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/1yI8v5NrR9Mb/1708022090/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CvEIeIXyiju 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happy-thirty-first-anniversary Happy Thirty-First Anniversary A 31st anniversary poem about how married love can long endure: Happy thirty-first anniversary! A moments pause to celebrate our love: Pleased in ways no wedding could foresee Pleased in ways we had no inkling of. Years of love create an ecosphere That nurtures and sustains the lives within. Having each evolved to flourish here, It seems each year were more and more akin. Revision is quite different from re-vision: The one amends the other recreates. Yet love is a perpetual decision, Freshly cut from new-found fields of grace. If love is a perennial, old and new, Re-blossoming as each rebirth comes due, So differently, yet beautifully, the same, Then what time erodes, love will sustain. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hap102.html. For more poems about , go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/KYRKWXkOVLxt/KYRKWXkOVLxt_j1708715263010-0f41tz_t1708716237_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/KYRKWXkOVLxt/1708716239/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=W5t-SJqbGzu 77 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/remember-when-you-fast-to-take-it-slow Remember When You Fast to Take It Slow A Ramadan poem about the need to experience the holy month slowly: Remember when you fast to take it slow, As prayer, worship, love, and faith take time. Mundane thoughts may quickly come and go A deeper thought might well ones life define. Do, then, despite your thirst and hunger, savor A holy month in which the soul finds favor, Needing time to ride the undertow. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/remem5.html. For more Ramadan poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ramadanpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/ngY8DXclJfYk/ngY8DXclJfYk_j1709151326912-4wvnn5_t1709151481_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ngY8DXclJfYk/1709151483/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=riYpnRWOPzu 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/caleb-makes-it-to-the-promised-land Caleb Makes It to the Promised Land A name poem for Caleb, whose faith in God is rewarded by being allowed to reach the promised land: Caleb makes it to the promised land, A last survivor of the wilderness. Long has he longed to mingle with that sand, Each particle now part of home, nor less Belonging than those of kings God there might bless. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/caleb.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/CA-mP3Ikdj_I/CA-mP3Ikdj_I_j1709319001472-qcr9iw_t1709319569_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CA-mP3Ikdj_I/1709319571/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=Cat_nY4abGu 29 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/here-are-festive-flowers-for-your-room Here Are Festive Flowers for Your Room An Easter friendship poem about the limits of friendship: Here are festive flowers for your room, A spray of springtime on your bare night table: Placed upon a place within your view, Placed where best to light your harried heart. Yet my blossoms cant dispel your gloom, Even were they many times more able. All that gifts from loving friends can do Sings just one unaccompanied inner part. The music cannot come from aught but you, Evangelist beside the empty tomb, Rejoicing in the grace of life and art. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/herear.html. For more Easter poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/easterpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/-eU08HpYdrUb/-eU08HpYdrUb_j1709321675907-3s30ck_t1709322325_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/-eU08HpYdrUb/1709322326/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=urAFTIyGbau 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thirty-fours-devoted-to-a-dream Thirty-Fours Devoted to a Dream A philosophical number poem for someone who has devoted his life to social change: Thirty-fours devoted to a dream, Hard at work each day to make it real. If what-is-nots not easy to conceive, Requiring an acolyte to weave Tapestries that catch its look and feel, Yet such labors are what make it gleam. For art must open what faith tends to seal, Open to make flesh what one believes, Unafraid to be, and not just mean, Rich precisely where ideas are lean. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/34sdev.html. For more poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/_yYc1_YzI9sW/_yYc1_YzI9sW_j1711240937060-pvbkdc_t1711241012_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/_yYc1_YzI9sW/1711241013/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=y9sMLZW4iiu 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/estimated-wait-time-is-forever Estimated Wait Time Is Forever A poem for Eid al-Fitr, which occurs at the end of Ramadan, about faith as a journey rather than a visitation. Estimated wait time is forever. In faith, The Moment neither comes nor goes. Does one dress ones thoughts in what seems clever, Allowing for a frequent change of clothes? Let love translate for your timeless soul. Faiths a journey, not a visitation. If one would risk a purpose and a role, Then one should live by loves interpretation, Rendering each partial person whole. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/estima.html. For more poems for Ramadan, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ramadanpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/7L7wPToZMP14/7L7wPToZMP14_j1711296653583-ykk6vs_t1711297228_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/7L7wPToZMP14/1711297230/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=z873mQWzPiu 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/as-you-hike-through-public-land As You Hike Through Public Land A poem for Arbor Day about the value of uncut trees: As you hike through public land Reserved for public good, Be aware that public air Outbids the price of wood. Remember life is brief, is fragile, Dangling in a breeze, As you breathe in oxygen You owe to uncut trees. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/asyouh.html. For more Arbor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/arbordaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/WU5Wn5xG6eYd/WU5Wn5xG6eYd_j1711383234970-uynzl8_t1711383743_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/WU5Wn5xG6eYd/1711383744/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0CsVLIqqbau 30 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/palpably-you-are-in-this-room Palpably, You Are in This Room A Passover poem about the presence of God at the Seder: Palpably, You are in this room, A presence just as certain as our own, Singing with us -- family friend, well-known -- Someone, not just something we assume. One can know You only intimately. Vast as You are, You fit into our home. Every tick of life were not alone, Rejoicing in a love we feel and see. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Dream of the Ancestor. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/palpab.html. For more Passover poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/passoverpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/NsPSa9FksuLd/NsPSa9FksuLd_j1711427279556-86gmbg_t1711427865_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/NsPSa9FksuLd/1711427866/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=11A2mlrraXu 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/i-cannot-tell-you-how-much-i-have-loved-you I Cannot Tell You How Much I Have Loved You A poem from a parent to an adult child about the beauty of parental love: I cannot tell you how much I have loved you, Nor give you an accounting of my joy, Nor share with you the hopes with which Ive held you, Nor shadow forth the dreams I would employ. You cannot know the pleasure that you gave me, Nor grasp the grace in which Ive spent my days, Nor understand the standing that would save me Whenever darkness met my morning gaze. Youve been to me a moment everlasting, Though lasting but the moment of us all, And given me a glimpse of what, in passing, Must pass for what awaits beyond the wall. Such love I wish for you as I have known, But that must come from children of your own. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/icann3.html. For more poems to children, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/childrenpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/G9HOuZs6EcsO/G9HOuZs6EcsO_j1711475596969-j329lx_t1711475686_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/G9HOuZs6EcsO/1711475687/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1nYxL74aHHu 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/have-no-fear-for-love-is-all-around-you Have No Fear, for Love Is All Around You A Mothers Day poem from a parent to a child who is now also a mother: Have no fear, for love is all around you. All come helpless from a common womb. Perhaps you do not know that love surrounds you. Perhaps you do not know that youre in bloom. Yet mothers, too, are children, ever loved, Minded by the living and the dead, Old enough to give, as time has proved, The need no less, though time and tears have fled. A Mothers Day poem from a parent to a child who is now also a mother Have faith that loves a mystic tide that flows Equally to and from the heart, Returning, turning as it comes and goes, Mid moon A Mothers Day poem from a parent to a child who is now also a motherand moon your sea, your song, your art. Sing, then, of this moment of your giving, Deep within the ebb and flow of living. All you feel is what was felt for you, Yearning your own yearning will renew. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Angels Dream. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/haveno.html. For more Mothers Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mothersdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/X3S4TT7H7yJY/X3S4TT7H7yJY_j1712088485636-u3yeer_t1712088914_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/X3S4TT7H7yJY/1712088916/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=99YEKRXyGju 76 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/lately-ive-been-having-vivid-dreams Lately Ive Been Having Vivid Dreams A psychological poem about the vivid dream of a mother with a brain tumor: Lately Ive been having vivid dreams, You said. Perhaps it is the drugs, or perhaps The tumor presses hard against my brain. In any case, Ive seen some lovely things, Things I have not thought of many years, Come back now with such yearning, such delight, That I could weep for joy to be alive. I dreamed we were at Grandma Rifkas house, Your father, I, and Rifka in the dark, Silent for the things we could not say. The moon invaded, and cold beams like ice Came in among us, crystallized the air, And like cold spokes transfixed us where we were. We could not move nor speak, though within me There feebly stirred a wish to set things right. The frozen air held us, ice like stars. Then you came in, waved hello, smiled, A large guitar slung over your left shoulder, On your right a child just emerged from sleep, And I was happy. The air grew warm, Light came from you and danced among the stars. The moonbeams melted, once again we talked, We said the little things that cover darkness, You laughed and life flowed in us once again. In a moment I was weeping, you asked why. I said I didnt know. Was it relief? No, it was the beauty of the moment As it poured burning, dying through my heart. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Arms of Heaven. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/vivid.html. For more psychological poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/psychologicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/vVPCX_UXxeJq/vVPCX_UXxeJq_j1712088786962-7y9nbz_t1712089028_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vVPCX_UXxeJq/1712089029/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8nYoLRWPGOu 125 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sister-margarets-been-here-many-years Sister Margarets Been Here Many Years A name poem for a much-loved Catholic school teacher. Sister Margarets been here many years In service to the children and the Lord. Shes one lovely note within a chord Too vast and beautiful for human ears. Even those whove carved out bright careers Remember long and fondly one who gave More love to them than their young hearts could save, A river sweeping through their childhood tears Remember, too, the beauty of a life Given as an act of charity, All of it, not one desire held back. Ruled by need, they pause in harmony, Even in the midst of daily strife, To see in her a passion that they lack. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree. com/margar.html. For more poems about teachers, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/teacherspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/MKTe513atqmB/MKTe513atqmB_j1712089317920-lx4v1l_t1712089537_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MKTe513atqmB/1712089538/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0LBUeQW5Gyu 62 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/make-my-sorrow-pride Make My Sorrow Pride A Memorial Day poem in which a mourner begs for relief from pain: Make my sorrow pride. Enter me with light. Mourning turns to morning, Or so I would believe. Reach me with your tide. Inundate this blight. Awaken me with longing, Lest I live to grieve. Deaf, dumb, blind inside, All I am is night, Yet too frail to leave. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: If You Close Your Eyes Im Still with You. By Late Night Feeler. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/makem2.html. For more Memorial Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/memorialdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/HBTWW12ywinA/HBTWW12ywinA_j1712089750531-ggzzuv_t1712090062_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HBTWW12ywinA/1712090063/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0vAUKkrOaPu 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fear-not-for-the-world-is-full-of-beauty Fear Not, for the World Is Full of Beauty A Fathers Day poem to the almost-father of several miscarriages. Fear not, for the world is full of beauty, And loves the song that brings it all to life. Those who dont have children often might Have other songs to sing of joyful duty. Even so, one ought to feel the longing Reverberating through ones canyon walls Mid all the other lost dreams one recalls, So that ones sorrows might enrich ones singing. Days like these remind one of the loss, Allow one to feel pain without remorse, Yielding to the loveliness of being. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: No. 2 Remembering Her. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more Fathers Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/HdPu9_cRsDUl/HdPu9_cRsDUl_j1716070535261-afnv4p_t1716070626_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HdPu9_cRsDUl/1750627460/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CK33eYryiqu 50 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/everything-we-give-was-never-ours Everything We Give Was Never Ours A poem for Eid al-Adha about what it means to give a gift: Everything we give was never ours. It was a gift, as was life itself. Dependent as we are, like fragile flowers, An unborn soul is seed upon Gods shelf. Let yourself then meditate on this: A sacrifice can be no sacrifice. Death leaves one with nothing one might miss. How can one think one owns what has no price, As every gift one gives is given thrice. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Pachabelly. By Huma Huma. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ever14.html. For more Eid al-Adha poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/eidaladhapoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/siXaOHYkZfgI/siXaOHYkZfgI_j1716074358426-pkjq70_t1716074764_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/siXaOHYkZfgI/1750627323/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=C92gKtW5OXu 42 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/your-eyes-wont-let-my-thoughts-go-back-to-sleep Your Eyes Wont Let My Thoughts Go Back to Sleep A sad, missing you love poem about a new love: Your eyes wont let my thoughts go back to sleep. Your words draw me across 2000 miles. I dont know you at all, and yet I know You better than my friends of many years. The days I spent with you are like a tape I play, rewind, play, rewind, and play. Whenever I remember something new, I feel as though you touched me on the cheek. I miss you as the grass awaits the wind, Or as the morning sky awaits the sun. Although I look for you in every doorway, I find only the darkness in my heart. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yourey.html. For more poems about love, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/YT14GHJIErSj/YT14GHJIErSj_j1716075885602-vfmgi5_t1716075958_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/YT14GHJIErSj/1750627589/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=uDEwKZrzibu 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-is-no-lasting-love-without-compassion There Is No Lasting Love Without Compassion A wedding poem about the need for compassion in marriage: There is no lasting love without compassion, Requisite for generosity, As all good lovers know they ought to be: Caring partners even in their passion. Yet some might view their spouse as a possession, Judging them as a commodity, One that fits, or not, some fantasy, Here to serve some self-absorbed obsession. No marriage can succeed without both lovers, As each must give far more than they will get To get far more than they might ever give. How else might lovers reach, beyond all others, A greater whole, beyond joy or regret, Not least beyond self, as we were meant to live. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Just Stay. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/theri3.html. For more wedding poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/weddingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/0Y0i4XUtBfed/0Y0i4XUtBfed_j1716076393731-rkp46k_t1716076482_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/0Y0i4XUtBfed/1750627923/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0S_2fdq4OWu 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/cruise-to-nowhere-tales-general-prologue Cruise to Nowhere Tales -- General Prologue CRUISE TO NOWHERE TALES A MODERN VERSION OF CHAUCERS CANTERBURY TALES INTRODUCTION Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400) wrote his masterwork, The Canterbury Tales, from around 1392 to the end of his life, when he left it unfinished. It consists of a series of tales told by a group of pilgrims on their way to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Cruise to Nowhere Tales is a rewrite of The Canterbury Tales for modern times. It consists of a series of tales told by a group of tourists on a cruise to nowhere while they wait for their friends and lovers to finish gambling on the deck below. Each prologue and tale is an adaptation of its counterpart in The Canterbury Tales, told in the same verse form and with similar characters and plot elements. This contrast in tales is meant to highlight the differences between Chaucers world and ours. But the tales can also be enjoyed on their own. GENERAL PROLOGUE When sweet April, with its gentle showers Winters desert turns to Springs bright flowers And Daylight Savings Time the early gloom Banishes, that restless souls might soon Emerge from their long labors into light, Enjoying the long segue into night And Spring Break the youthful heart invites To travel south for undisclosed delights Then do folks again seek out their muses, Making pilgrimage on tours and cruises. Some spend ten days on islands in the sun, While others tour three cities on the run Still others like to gamble, win or lose, On land or on a luxury liner cruise That sails to nowhere two nights and a day For time out on the sea to rest and play. On such a cruise a friend and I set sail, She to gamble, I to hug the rail And search the emptiness for long-sought peace, As she in poker looked for her release, Both of us worn ragged from the fray That was the substance of each working day. After dinner and a little dancing, A stroll out on the deck, some light romancing, She went down to try her luck at cards, Leaving me to turn back to the stars, Wondering why neither of us said The words we https://video-meta.open.video/poster/bP0s93FXtBiW/bP0s93FXtBiW_j1716931000467-5p6oi6_t1716931466_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bP0s93FXtBiW/1716931468/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yXBIjoW5Gqu 2470 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/cruise-to-nowhere-tales-the-soldiers-tale Cruise to Nowhere Tales -- The Soldiers Tale THE SOLDIERS TALE A MODERN ADAPTATION OF THE KNIGHTS TALE FROM CHAUCERS CANTERBURY TALES Once two friends were sitting at a bar, Thinking there was nothing that could mar Their friendship or engender enmity. But they were wrong, as shortly you will see. These two were both fine soldiers, none was better, And both could follow orders to the letter, Even into rivers of hot lead. One was Tod, the other one was Ted. They were childhood friends from a small town, And on the day they doffed their cap and gown, Both enlisted, neither would say nay, For if one went, the other would not stay. Together in Iraq they served a tour, And then another, surer now than sure That after each had saved the others life, No lover could divide them, nor no wife. But at that bar there was a girl so hot That both these friends were smitten on the spot. Her long blond hair went down below her waist, And breasts, half showing, begged for just a taste. She wore a sweater open to the cleft And a short, tight skirt. Whatever there was left To see of her was bursting through her clothes. And her name, appropriately, was Rose. The Yellow Rose of Texas, Tod exclaimed, But she was a Virginia girl, she claimed, Like them, small town, and just their age to boot. As they talked, the friends stared at her fruit, Each imagining that she was his Exclusively, so fragile friendship is, And wished the other vanished, gone, kaput! Two young and healthy specimens in rut. There was, however, no way one could lose The other, nor could Rose at that point choose Which one she wanted, and so soon all three Were often in each others company, Hanging out or going here or there, As near inseparable as any pair. Eventually, each male wanted more, And there was undeclared a silent war Between the former friends for Roses love, As both looked hungrily at every move She made, and melted at the thought Of savoring at last the joys he sought. One day Tod couldnt stand it anymore And asked Ted, What are we pretending for? I want Rose for myself, and so do you. Lets tell R https://video-meta.open.video/poster/JN8kG_cO_h5A/JN8kG_cO_h5A_j1716932994657-y4oswh_t1716933186_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JN8kG_cO_h5A/1750634028/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=556sOoqybau 1002 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/cruise-to-nowhere-tales-the-bakers-tale Cruise to Nowhere Tales -- The Bakers Tale THE BAKERS TALE A MODERN ADAPTATION OF THE MILLERS TALE FROM CHAUCERS CANTERBURY TALES THE BAKERS PROLOGUE When the soldiers tale was finally told, All the company, both young and old, Praised it for its fine philosophy And held it fit to keep in memory -- All but the baker, who said the New Age crap Would drive him to a Heineken on tap, Except he had a counter-tale to tell And needed a clear head to tell it well. Now hold on! said our host. Remember that We all drew lots -- its not your turn at bat. Its my turn, said the guru, but I swear, Id like to know the mans objections there. A counter-tale would seem a better fit Than one that had no argument in it. So let him tell away -- Ill take his turn -- And let us see what wisdom we can learn. Youll get no wisdom here! the baker said. Just a laugh or two to take to bed. For I shall tell a tale straight from life About a New Age guru and his wife, And how a clever student had his way With both. For now I have no more to say But straight to my bold narrative will go, Rated R -- just so you will know. Said the host, There are no children here, But some there may be present whod not care To hear your bit of soft pornography Nor think so humorous adultery. God forbid, the baker said, That I Should ever advocate sex on the sly. But just as soldiers well may write of those Who think each hostile thought disturbs the flows Of mystic consciousness through mental fields, And so aborts the unity love yields, So I, a baker married happily, May tell of those who transgress lustily. Im not an advocate for sin, but for The freedom tales give to be far more Than just one soul immersed in just one life. So may one in tales seduce the wife And joy in what one never would enjoy, As one with all the grace of life may toy, Laughing, weeping, with no consequence But pleasure in the play of words and sense. But enough of this! Lets to the tale! Our host will judge whether it succeed or fail. THE BAKERS TALE There was a guru once who taught that love Was ecstasy, and ecstasy was love. Ang https://video-meta.open.video/poster/hFGU8RcPAdAz/hFGU8RcPAdAz_j1716933411984-ffgjcd_t1716933606_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hFGU8RcPAdAz/1750648328/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=z47YioXzaHu 1024 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/identity-requires-memory Identity Requires Memory A poem for Independence Day (USA) about the importance of knowing ones nations history: Identity requires memory. No less than people, nations must recall Days past, lest they wander witlessly, Erased each moment, guided by the wind, Pushed by lusts no wisdom can forestall. Events are facts that one cannot rescind, Nor can forgetting consequence forego. Despite ones wish, the past is not behind: Even now, it works its wayward will, Nor can we understand what we dont know. Contain your cavils, then, and snide thoughts still, Even as we celebrate our story, Described with all the clarity and skill A scholar can sustain in heart and mind, Yielding what for now is history. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/identi.html. For more poems for Independence Day (USA), go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/july4thpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/jQSg1RcaFnEA/jQSg1RcaFnEA_j1719131450645-tggl6r_t1719131513_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/jQSg1RcaFnEA/1750575072/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qvslb-4jbru 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/beware-of-inequalities-too-wide Beware of Inequalities Too Wide A Bastille Day poem about the dangers of allowing inequalities between classes to grow too wide: Beware of inequalities too wide And chasms that cannot be bridged by dreams. Societies fray first along the seams, Then rip apart, exposing rot inside. In chaos hopes for liberty abide Life in its Edenic newness gleams Longing is more brutal than it seems Ecstatic demons cross the wastelands glide. Do, then, recall the day of the Bastille As one whose burst of glory would reveal Yearnings that would stain the turning tide. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Bittersweet. By SYBS. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/bewar2.html. For more Bastille Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/bastilledaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/oAWKH_2qBPPP/oAWKH_2qBPPP_j1719395129332-ao8lqi_t1719395222_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/oAWKH_2qBPPP/1719395224/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=y8Yta-y5PHu 48 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/my-heart-is-like-a-symphony My Heart Is like a Symphony A poem, never sent, from a mother to a child whom she was forced to surrender: My heart is like a symphony That sings of only pain. Of all that makes a life worthwhile, Only you remain. Only in the thought of you Safe and cared for well Can I find happiness within My self-inflicted hell. Only in my love for you Is there sufficient grace For me to want to live at all In this forsaken place. Ah, God! Were life not beautiful And love not full of light, I could, perhaps, embrace the rage Of an embittered night. But as it is, I cannot help But hope for what might be: That though I gave you up, you might Someday, somehow love me. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: E Minor Prelude. By Frederic Chopin. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/myhea.html. For more poems to children, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/childrenpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/AL1qPHoYELRj/AL1qPHoYELRj_j1719437643995-zctcte_t1719437747_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AL1qPHoYELRj/1750575011/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=W1BBahqabyu 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/to-love-is-to-be-naked-to-the-wind To Love Is to Be Naked to the Wind A love poem about a new romance: To love is to be naked to the wind, Holding hands with someone you cant know. Invested in a bond that seems secure, Resisting what seems graceless and less sure, Trusting in a gift none can bestow, You turn to one and leave the rest behind. Nothing is more beautiful or pure, Innocent, quixotic, gentle, kind. Nor have you any hint how it will go Except a will that this romance endure. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/tolove.html. For more love poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/7754GR2Y-1bk/7754GR2Y-1bk_j1719440398373-t4mct1_t1719440486_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/7754GR2Y-1bk/1750574609/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=r8BBbMqbbOu 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seventeen-is-such-a-lovely-age Seventeen Is Such a Lovely Age A number poem about being seventeen: Seventeen is such a lovely age, Ever on the edge of something new! Vested in a multitude of plans, Even as the calendar commands. No choice has yet been made that one need rue, Though soon, perhaps too soon, time turns the page. Even at this sweet rehearsal stage, Each must reduce the many to the few, Needing dreams to comb through tangled strands. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Lifting Dreams. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/17d.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/R6PYL9kR71td/R6PYL9kR71td_j1719715327215-wlwxfx_t1719715489_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/R6PYL9kR71td/1750574546/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=X1AIONrWP5u 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/for-what-does-one-live-but-for-goodness-and-beauty For What Does One Live, But for Goodness and Beauty A number poem about the beauty of a life devoted to art: For what does one live, but for goodness and beauty? Ones goodness is beauty ones beauty is good. Remember that when what one loves is ones duty, To labor brings one all the joy that one would. Yet this does not always work out as it should. Fear not the days of frustration and sorrow Old wounds reopened, new ones unhealed. Undaunted by pain, youll turn back to tomorrow, Renewed by the love that sustains your ideal. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/forwh2.html. For more poems about a variety of professions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/DMLE05_yBJoJ/DMLE05_yBJoJ_j1719775183524-4mpdyx_t1719775272_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DMLE05_yBJoJ/1749232830/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=W8BkbM4Gjzu 43 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/factor-in-the-fickleness-of-fortune Factor In the Fickleness of Fortune A number poem about how best to dream as one gets older: Factor in the fickleness of fortune In calculating charts that can be read. For though the numbers do not lie, the data Trend towards unknown variables instead. Yet one must dream, albeit with more caution. There is no substitute for an equation. When ones a certain age, there is less later. One dreams more wisely as one looks ahead. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Timeless. By Lauren Duski. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/facto2.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/CC1ai5_H3HDt/CC1ai5_H3HDt_j1719846853742-hvc64i_t1719847075_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/CC1ai5_H3HDt/1719847076/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=X9ZZjhXyjju 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-life-that-though-it-has-an-end Sing of Life That, Though It Has an End A philosophical number poem about the experience of eternity within time: Sing of life that, though it has an end, Embodies what does not and will be ever, Viewpoint on eternity that lends Existence the illusion of forever. Nor should one fail to recognize this gift That one shares ultimately with quince and slime: Years down which ones little boat may drift, Taking one through landscapes beyond time. How beautiful to live and simply be, Removed from time by love and reverence. Each moment is a brief eternity Each eon also, though not quite so dense. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chords of Harmony. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to sing22.html. For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/pIWCyL3ksRy5/pIWCyL3ksRy5_j1719917883973-9xz2gn_t1719918053_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/pIWCyL3ksRy5/1749225594/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qDBYjgzjjzu 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/eighty-two-lives-by-a-waterfall Eighty-Two Lives by a Waterfall A philosophical number poem about the simultaneous experience of time and eternity: Eighty-two lives by a waterfall, In tune with time and the music of its flow. Grace holds its tongue as one goes through its song, Here for aye, though no ones here for long, Time falling, falling to the rocks below, Yet fluttering in place like a wind-blown shawl. To be for just one breath is to be all. Words are ripples of what one might know. One flows beneath what one gets right or wrong. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/82a.html. For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/86XSHJ6kBTJt/86XSHJ6kBTJt_j1720000032524-a9ymtm_t1720000185_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/86XSHJ6kBTJt/1749225328/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1LBYGVrWGau 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-sheriffs-tale The Sheriffs Tale A modern adaptation of The Reeves Tale from Chaucers Canterbury Tales. To see The Sheriffs Tale on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/tsheriff.html . For more videos from The Cruise to Nowhere Tales, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/cruise.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/JURWL1lituXQ/JURWL1lituXQ_j1720518797292-e6d356_t1720519160_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JURWL1lituXQ/1748130259/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CDsYO3qqaju 602 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-chefs-tale The Chefs Tale A modern adaptation of The Cooks Tale from Chaucers Canterbury Tales. Background Music in Order of Its Use. All free to use at YouTube. Sharp Senses Ugonna Onyekwe. Ponte de Abril Steve Adams. Mr. Funny Face Wayne Jones. To see The Chefs Tale on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/tchef.html . For more videos from The Cruise to Nowhere Tales, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/cruise.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/JDQkGXNrxoDR/JDQkGXNrxoDR_j1720885869960-02z6ok_t1720886158_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/JDQkGXNrxoDR/1747631710/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CvttjUzWOiu 312 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/labors-a-commodity-like-fish Labors a Commodity, like Fish A Labor Day poem about the evil of treating labor like any other commodity. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labors.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/6RZkiXp6t8gQ/6RZkiXp6t8gQ_j1724099858689-z6h7g6_t1724099943_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/6RZkiXp6t8gQ/1739777157/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XDwlbE4ajyu 31 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/happy-fifteenth-anniversary Happy Fifteenth Anniversary A 15th anniversary poem comparing marriage to two trees planted close together. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hap103.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/5rYsfVMdZ4ol/5rYsfVMdZ4ol_j1724100221319-mcq8r2_t1724100323_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/5rYsfVMdZ4ol/1739778935/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WDw7a_yGP4u 61 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-night-my-heart-stopped The Night My Heart Stopped A poem about a moment of silent communication between the poet and a racoon. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Falling Snow. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/theni2.html. For more poems about animals, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/animalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Du3cjTgA68oc/Du3cjTgA68oc_j1724100517963-9txqqf_t1724100635_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Du3cjTgA68oc/1739779275/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=y82lHoybiju 84 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-for-all-the-years-you-have-been-granted Sing for All the Years You Have Been Granted A 70th birthday poem of celebration for the gifts of life. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Pouring Out. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/singfo.html. For more birthday poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/birthdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/C3JIuVJAASDa/C3JIuVJAASDa_j1724100748444-b12xmd_t1724100844_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/C3JIuVJAASDa/1739777472/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4DxQbFyWOju 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/remorse-is-not-a-synonym-for-shame Remorse Is Not a Synonym for Shame A poem for Rosh Hashanah comparing remorse to shame. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/remors.html. For more poems for the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/yT_YjRslYSEc/yT_YjRslYSEc_j1724101017685-2r6muf_t1724101107_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/yT_YjRslYSEc/1739778375/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zn3kbp5HPju 54 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/yes-there-is-a-lot-one-need-atone-for Yes, There Is a Lot One Need Atone for A poem for Yom Kippur about the need to atone for what you failed to do as much as for what you did. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yesthe.html. For more poems for the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/kHRc85EzEdnj/kHRc85EzEdnj_j1727647697595-cgn5jn_t1727647904_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/kHRc85EzEdnj/1739742470/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zetNGVr4GHu 38 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-right-to-love-as-distinct-peoples The Right to Live as Distinct Peoples A poem for Indigenous Peoples Day, adapted from Article 7.2 - 8 of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the right of indigenous peoples to live as distinct peoples. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/theri4.html. For more poems for Indigenous Peoples Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/indigenouspeoplesdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/5U3ybLAR7tA5/5U3ybLAR7tA5_j1727812130570-cj8o6b_t1727812249_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/5U3ybLAR7tA5/1738023961/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=W97_OoqHiXu 79 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/death-came-to-me-while-i-was-at-a-meeting Death Came to Me While I Was at a Meeting An epitaph for a social activist. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/death2.html. For more epitaphs, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/epitaphs.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/5m_qmTFc7Fts/5m_qmTFc7Fts_j1727815289226-88ab08_t1727815384_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/5m_qmTFc7Fts/1738024086/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yLYMb25qOXu 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/horror-is-a-color-in-our-rainbow Horror Is a Color in Our Rainbow A Halloween poem about horror as part of our nature. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Dont Look Inside. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/horro4.html. For more poems for Halloween, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/k8_QaV6i-xTB/k8_QaV6i-xTB_j1728070439211-18mtu9_t1728070530_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/k8_QaV6i-xTB/1738023345/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yK7hPoXraiu 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-lawyers-tale The Lawyers Tale A modern adaptation of the Man of Laws Tale from Chaucers Canterbury Tales. by Nicholas Gordon Background Music in Order of Its Use. All free to use at YouTube. Gymnopedie No.1, Erik Satie. Nocturne, Asher Fulero. Pachabelly, Huma Huma. Mournful Departure, Asher Fulero. Renaissance Castle, Doug Maxwell. Elegy, Asher Fulero. Falling Snow, Aakash Gandhi. Allemande, Wahneta Meixsell. Jungle, Aakash Gandhi. Dream of the Ancestor, Asher Fulero. Parzival, William Rosati. Fugue Lullaby, Sir Cubworth. Dont Look Inside, Biz Baz Studio. Overcome, Ugonna Onyekwe. Borderless, Aakash Gandhi. Maryandras Waltz, Jesse Gallagher. Shattered Paths, Aakash Gandhi. Heart Strings, Coyote Hearing. No.2 Remembering Her, Esther Abrami. Wonder, VYEN. Highway One, Steve Adams. To see The Lawyers Tale on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/tlawyer.html . For more videos from The Cruise to Nowhere Tales, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/cruise.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/lB64a_wWEVYQ/lB64a_wWEVYQ_j1728333145466-hp64r5_t1728333626_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lB64a_wWEVYQ/1738035540/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qK7UGEqqjOu 2198 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-engineers-tale The Engineers Tale A Modern Adaptation of The Seamans Tale from Chaucers Canterbury Tales by Nicholas Gordon Background Music in Order of Its Use. All free to use at YouTube. Bike Sharing to Paradise, Dan Bodan. Carried, Lauren Duski. Flecks of Light, Tower of Light. Highway One, Steve Adams. Just Stay, Aakash Gandhi. To see The Engineers Tale on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/tengineer.html . For more videos from The Cruise to Nowhere Tales, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/cruise.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/8hVmiXdt3Lxt/8hVmiXdt3Lxt_j1728881015912-svmp1e_t1728881112_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/8hVmiXdt3Lxt/1738542248/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=D1t-j_XHPHu 397 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seventy-three-is-always-at-the-ready Seventy-Three Is Always at the Ready A number poem for a political activist in honor of Election Day. Seventy-three is always at the ready, Eager to march, to sign, to speak, to sing. Victorys the goal, but not the point, Even though the time is out of joint, Nor is guilt or self-regard the thing, Though motivations never one, but many. Yet for her, the love of life is plenty: The love of people, animals, the Earth, Human rights, freedom, justice, beauty, Reveling in struggle, in doing right, Embracing the quixotic gift of duty, Engaged ever in the painful bliss of birth. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/73i.html. For more political poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/politicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Gsq4sa5Hg6yR/Gsq4sa5Hg6yR_j1730581906306-ew73ts_t1730581971_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Gsq4sa5Hg6yR/1732909998/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=qX32O3Wjjju 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/vest-in-us-your-safety-not-your-honor Vest in Us Your Safety, Not Your Honor A philosophical Veterans Day poem urging the use of the military only for defense. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Arms of Heaven. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/vesti2.html. For more Veterans Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/veteransdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/Geaydg9WU2Bk/Geaydg9WU2Bk_j1730582171657-ihbo7s_t1730582242_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/Geaydg9WU2Bk/1732910143/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XrxhPgqzizu 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day A number poem for 61 with some lines borrowed from Shakespeares Sonnet 18. by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/shalli.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . Audio and Video Music: A Kiss for Amanda. By D. J. Williams. Music free to use at YouTube. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/dEimgan4JI5b/dEimgan4JI5b_j1730582454254-c8pqtp_t1730582520_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/dEimgan4JI5b/1732909425/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=Wbx2jgqPi5u 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/there-are-those-who-prey-on-discontent There Are Those Who Prey on Discontent A Thanksgiving poem about those who live off the addictions of others. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Apocalypse. By SYBS. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ther51.html. For more Thanksgiving poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thanksgivingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/HjzKhqmWQ-qO/HjzKhqmWQ-qO_j1730582771530-opm1u7_t1730582850_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/HjzKhqmWQ-qO/1732909795/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XbwgixXOOPu 47 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/holidays-are-holy-here-in-heaven Holidays Are Holy Here in Heaven A humorous poem from an 11-year-old who has died early and is waiting in Heaven for his friend. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chords of Harmony. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/holida.html. For more humorous poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/humorouspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/fvfmgk1jhI6k/fvfmgk1jhI6k_j1730583047560-3hx25k_t1730583149_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fvfmgk1jhI6k/1732909536/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4r3wjNrOOyu 36 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/seasons-of-sunshine-seasons-of-rain Seasons of Sunshine, Seasons of Rain A Seasons Greetings poem about the turning of the seasons. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more Seasons Greetings poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/yOvOVgvzoAIs/yOvOVgvzoAIs_j1732417914955-ksxhwt_t1732418025_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/yOvOVgvzoAIs/1733814461/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4C-gaE5HHju 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-explain-the-miracle-of-light How Explain the Miracle of Light A Hanukkah poem about the miracle of light. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Wander. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/howexp.html. For more Hanukkah poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chanukahpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/5JCq3sLOpk74/5JCq3sLOpk74_j1732418518815-pukpbb_t1732418584_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/5JCq3sLOpk74/1733808147/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=yn_MHV5Wb4u 37 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/christmas-and-hanukkah-on-the-same-night Christmas and Hanukkah on the Same Night A Christmas poem about Hanukkah and Christmas being on the same night. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Holiday Brass Ensemble. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/EYa4Neyygs6Y/EYa4Neyygs6Y_j1732419325503-zt88jo_t1732419406_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/EYa4Neyygs6Y/1733808304/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rvw_G_zrGju 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hell-is-not-a-prison-but-a-room Hell Is Not a Prison, but a Room A Happy New Year poem about the ability to escape from a self-imposed Hell. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more New Years poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newyearsdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/EoyW7uCaUcGZ/EoyW7uCaUcGZ_j1732419948357-co7xrk_t1732420059_base.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/EoyW7uCaUcGZ/1733822772/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=40wVaFyHbzu 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/labor-is-a-blessing-and-a-curse Labor Is a Blessing and a Curse A Labor Day poem about the dignity of labor. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Maryandras Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labori.html. For more Labor Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/labordaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/vao2oCW5xuHi/t1756699666_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vao2oCW5xuHi/1756699669/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=D5x6isCzGWu 35 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/adelaide-is-gracious-to-a-fault Adelaide Is Gracious to a Fault A name poem for Adelaide about an abused child who grows up with an exaggerated fear of conflict. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: A Kiss for Amanda. By DJ Williams. Music free to use at YouTube. Photo Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/adelai.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/uWlMAcuWs-hb/t1757909298_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uWlMAcuWs-hb/1757909888/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4e_AiJDGjGu 41 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/october-is-self-confident-and-strong October Is Self-Confident and Strong A calendar poem for October. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chords of Harmony. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/octobe.html. For more calendar poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/calendarpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/ykwY6a956cqs/t1759724217_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ykwY6a956cqs/1759724222/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XrYwG7vqaau 34 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/clearly-i-was-a-person-of-my-times Clearly, I Was a Person of My Times A poem for Columbus Day in which Columbus asks us to understand the context of his actions and an appreciation of his role in creating our times. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Destination Unknown. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/clear4.html. For more Columbus Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/columbusdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/TRBQZaet6I0J/t1760328061_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/TRBQZaet6I0J/1760328661/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WXtwHk9HGiu 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/it-wasnt-over-when-you-died It Wasnt Over When You Died A poem about how child abuse can be passed on through generations. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Journeyman. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/itwasn.html. For more poems about child abuse, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/childabusepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/x6FGBsPr-vNG/t1760937121_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/x6FGBsPr-vNG/1760966851/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CW6gHR1yHbu 83 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/hell-has-little-hope-of-happiness Hell Has Little Hope of Happiness A Halloween poem about why the inmates of Hell visit us on All Hallows Eve. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Sharp Senses. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hellha.html. For more Halloween poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/t7Amoims6z-X/t1761539693_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/t7Amoims6z-X/1761539695/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=C5twH695G5u 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/november-knows-the-beauty-of-a-line November Knows the Beauty of a Line A calendar poem for November. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/novemb.html. For more calendar poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/calendarpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/alAapEO66NRP/t1762147476_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/alAapEO66NRP/1762147477/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zn7xa7vqjqu 34 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/voices-of-the-dead-are-all-around-me Voices of the Dead Are All Around Me A Veterans Day poem about the psychological difficulty of returning to civilian life. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: End of Time. By Ugonna Onyekwe. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/voice2.html. For more Veterans Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/veteransdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/vSFO_cPGB9b6/t1762750222_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/vSFO_cPGB9b6/1762750228/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WnANaB8Wjyu 55 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/from-teachers-there-is-much-that-one-can-learn From Teachers, There Is Much That One Can Learn A poem about the teaching profession. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fromte.html. For more poems about professions, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/professionspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/7vBiIq1JFxNc/t1763433448_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/7vBiIq1JFxNc/1763433461/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=C1ZgP78jPHu 44 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thank-you-for-the-gift-of-understanding Thank You for the Gift of Understanding A Thanksgiving poem thanking God for the gift of understanding how little we can understand: by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Allemande. By Wahneta Meixsell. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/than47.html. For more Thanksgiving poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thanksgivingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/8Ipy-caGYBTt/t1763961080_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/8Ipy-caGYBTt/1763961089/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1vsVaRC4jOu 53 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-the-annual-cavalcade-of-seasons Sing of the Annual Cavalcade of Seasons A Seasons Greetings poem about how the tilt of the Earths axis affects so many aspects of our lives. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/sing23.html. For more Seasons Greetings poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/DExmMi46FNxO/t1764566494_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DExmMi46FNxO/1764566498/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=Xi2oHk0WGju 70 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/december-finds-himself-again-a-child December Finds Himself Again a Child A calendar poem for December. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Please. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/decemb.html. For more calendar poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/calendarpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/lyFMcCqds9i5/t1765169776_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/lyFMcCqds9i5/1765169781/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=CXx_bR8XbWu 34 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/given-that-there-is-no-explanation Given That There Is No Explanation A Chanukah poem about how Creation is equally a mystery to those who turn to reason or faith for an explanation. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Heart Strings. By Coyote Hearing. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/given4.html. For more Chanukah poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/chanukahpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/XAyolvCHMgrQ/t1765775696_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XAyolvCHMgrQ/1765778891/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9zxoa6uyHzu 158 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/make-time-make-time-to-listen-to-your-heart Make Time, Make Time to Listen to Your Heart! A Christmas poem about the benefits of putting reason away for the holiday. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: The Beauty of Love. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/maketi.html. For more Christmas poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/xmaschristmaspoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/fLn2ld0Zcko6/t1766380021_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/fLn2ld0Zcko6/1766380024/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=582VaA85bGu 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/how-beautiful-the-turning-of-the-year How Beautiful the Turning of the Year A New Years poem about the artificial beauty of the border between one year and the next. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chords of Harmony. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/howbea.html. For more poems for the new year, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newyearsdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/NsuoJdKjNKUG/t1766976787_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/NsuoJdKjNKUG/1766976796/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=Xv_gGQuWOPu 51 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/every-road-is-headed-for-damascus Every Road Is Headed for Damascus A poem for Epiphany about the burden of an epiphany. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ever15.html. For more poems about Epiphany, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/epiphanypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/ubig7zjcgW05/t1767590466_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ubig7zjcgW05/1767590474/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=0T_-alDXiru 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/video/v9--ak1jjPu vpsing24 vpsing24 https://video-meta.open.video/poster/RaaQVpqsMkZa/t1768195169_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/RaaQVpqsMkZa/1768195173/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=v9--ak1jjPu 57 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/maybe-racial-hatred-is-baked-in Maybe Racial Hatred Is Baked In A poem for Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mayber.html. For more poems about , go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/martinlutherkingpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/-EyyAtCyQWWi/t1768800728_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/-EyyAtCyQWWi/1768822273/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rrYdS68jjqu 78 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/thereve-been-of-course-many-holocausts Thereve Been, of Course, Many Holocausts A poem for Holocaust Remembrance Day: Thereve been, of course, many holocausts. How come only one gets to be The? Each equally horrific, though some are lost, Hard to tally, or ancient history. Only one was just pure genocide, Lacking any other conceivable aim. Obliteration, total and worldwide, Could be the only goal that might explain A factory of death, efficiently Unloading loved ones from boxcars to be gassed, Shoving them naked into ovens, routinely Turning millions into heaps of ash. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ther52.html. For more poems for Holocaust Remembrance Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/jewishpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/5TjqoFOYROGX/t1769404442_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/5TjqoFOYROGX/1769404448/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=uXssmR0Xbau 52 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/youre-like-music-playing-in-my-head Youre like Music Playing in My Head A love poem describing the experience of new love. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Forever Yours. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/youre.html. For more poems about love, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/aqr0AFDOIBpd/t1770010690_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/aqr0AFDOIBpd/1770010697/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=uyscTR9Hayu 58 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/you-are-the-landscape-of-my-life You Are the Landscape of My Life A poem for Valentines Day. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/youa10.html. For more poems for Valentines Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/w0C0BFa7hlgY/t1770615242_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/w0C0BFa7hlgY/1770615245/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=rmZsmkv4HHu 54 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/politics-must-temper-greed-with-dreams Politics Must Temper Greed with Dreams A poem for Presidents Day. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/polit2.html. For more poems for Presidents Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/presidentsdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/hFCW7xnlhHHb/t1771219302_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/hFCW7xnlhHHb/1771219309/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XDYJSlDyH4u 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/forty-threes-a-summer-afternoon Forty-Threes a Summer Afternoon A number poem about being at the age of forty-three. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: White River. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/43g.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/ZLmmNf0io7bZ/t1771824028_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/ZLmmNf0io7bZ/1771824034/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8CZYT7ubjHu 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/purim-means-lots-which-wicked-haman-threw Purim Means Lots, Which Wicked Haman Threw A poem for Purim that juxtaposes human intent and Gods: Purim means lots, which wicked Haman threw, Understanding thus the gods would choose, Regarding when to massacre the Jews, Ignorant of whose intent was whose, More Gods lot than any lot he drew. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Bucolic Acrylic. By Dan Bodan. Music free to use at YouTube. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/FVCa2B07hBJR/t1772427807_poster.004.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/FVCa2B07hBJR/1772427815/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=9TttmACbOzu 23 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/cheryl-unlike-most-had-to-decide Cheryl, Unlike Most, Had to Decide A name poem for Cheryl, who has inoperable cancer. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Dance of the U-boat. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. https://video-meta.open.video/poster/4FnYhn94MzJy/t1773028066_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/4FnYhn94MzJy/1773028069/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zzElek0jiHu 31 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sing-of-the-home-that-you-have-never-seen Sing of the Home That You Have Never Seen A poem for St. Patricks Day. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Runnin Partner. By Aaron Lieberman. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/singo4.html. For more poems about , go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/P7yoxjWZpL-l/t1773633207_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/P7yoxjWZpL-l/1773633213/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=4axYTQ8yizu 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/signs-of-happiness Signs of Happiness A philosophical number poem listing some signs of happiness. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Wonder. By VYEN. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/AinIslXahJ-Z/t1774238639_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/AinIslXahJ-Z/1774248733/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1jwsTAuWayu 45 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/perhaps-there-is-no-richer-ritual Perhaps There Is No Richer Ritual A poem for Passover about the endurance of the ritual. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Gymnopedie. By Erik Satie. Arranged by Wahneta Meixsell. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/perh13.html. For more Passover poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/passoverpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/N7sAIx8bkeja/t1774843686_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/N7sAIx8bkeja/1774875046/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=5DwISA9aHau 39 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/exactly-who-are-you Exactly Who Are You A philosophical Easter poem about one way of knowing what one owes others. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: A Kiss for Amanda. By DJ Williams. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/exact3.html. For more Easter poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/easterpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/uPoUQrfthal6/t1775448148_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/uPoUQrfthal6/1775477662/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zD3sTk0yaOu 31 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/the-passion-of-love-the-passion-of-lust The Passion of Love, the Passion of Lust A 33rd anniversary poem contrasting the sexual pleasures of love and lust. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Emotional Love Theme. By Biz Baz Studio. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/thepa3.html. For more anniversary poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/anniversarypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/qTgs-znOII7J/t1776054036_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/qTgs-znOII7J/1776081044/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8LFZTk8jGHu 74 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/forever-isnt-endless-time Forever Isnt Endless Time A philosophical number poem about the meaning of forever. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Ceremonial Prelude. By Sir Cubworth. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fore10.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/MBAU6nbBN-Uy/t1776657502_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/MBAU6nbBN-Uy/1776670222/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8f-ZSQvaOyu 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/so-many-years-and-now-we-take-for-granted So Many Years! And Now We Take for Granted A political poem, written after 9/11, about the mistake of fighting terror as you would a conventional war. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube. Illustration Credit: AI. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/soman1.html. For more poems about terrorism and 9/11, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/terrorism911poems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/FyBuwf5zoCw5/t1777262536_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/FyBuwf5zoCw5/1777280265/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WjBxnR8WPru 63 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/heave-a-happy-sigh-of-pain-and-pride-2 Heave a Happy Sigh of Pain and Pride A poem for Mothers Day to a mother whose grown-up child is about to leave home. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Bittersweet. By SYBS. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to heav10.html. For more poems and proverbs about marriage, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mothersdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/yIEq2fCah6zR/t1778018319_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/yIEq2fCah6zR/1778022238/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=vPB2Kd8WHHu 65 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/proverbs-on-marriage Proverbs on Marriage by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Bucolic Acrylic. By Dan Bodan. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/marrip3.html. For more poems and proverbs about marriage, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/marriagepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/DlpOEhKRVYyr/t1778475373_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/DlpOEhKRVYyr/1778482319/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=1OtESBDPPHu 46 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/sally-sings-incessantly Sally Sings Incessantly A name poem for a woman who cant help humming the music playing non-stop in her head. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Cookoos Nest. By Nat Keefe and Hot Buttered Rum. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/sallys.html. For more name poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/namepoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/tOF4QnryRv5j/t1779076889_poster.002.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/tOF4QnryRv5j/1779077024/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=WKsFTk0XaHu 16 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/maybe-in-the-grip-of-pain Maybe in the Grip of Pain A Memorial Day poem about love, grief, and grace. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mayb12.html . For more poems for Memorial Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/memorialdaypoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/bskuYvy6cn-7/t1779681733_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/bskuYvy6cn-7/1779699639/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=zKYoTA9HGyu 33 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/so-there-you-are-your-audience-before-you So There You Are, Your Audience Before You A number poem for a folksinger in the moment before beginning her performance. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/sother.html. For more number poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/numberpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/XcxaMBPbpZoP/t1780292210_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/XcxaMBPbpZoP/1780301191/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=8mBoSk04bGu 56 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/want-is-oft-the-windrush-of-the-will Want Is Oft the Windrush of the Will A political poem about immigration. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Flecks of Light. By The Tower of Light. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/wantis.html. For more poems about political issues, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/politicalpoems.html . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/T4ls6rSZkh_b/t1781723486_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/T4ls6rSZkh_b/1781724500/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=XHFhTcubGju 40 https://open.video/@poemsforfree-com/v/fortune-is-the-child-of-the-will Fortune Is the Child of the Will A philosophical Fathers Day poem for a divorced and distant father about the relationship between choice and chance. by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Pouring Out. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fort14.html. For more Fathers Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/fathersdaypoems.html . For more philosophical poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems . https://video-meta.open.video/poster/phkIIDadUhKd/t1781723752_poster.005.jpg https://streaming.open.video/contents/phkIIDadUhKd/1781724435/index.m3u8 https://open.video/embed?contentId=raFxTt1ab4u 33