Villanelles
Love So Often Must Depend on Timing
A love poem about the role of timing in love. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Maryandra’s Waltz. By Jesse Gallagher. Music free to use at YouTube.
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, you'll be tempted at times to begin. That's what the tokens and vouchers ar
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 can't let