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poemsforfree.substack.com]]>https://poemsforfree.substack.com/podcastSubstackSun, 21 Jun 2026 11:34:51 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1310070.rssNicholas GordonShort, topical poems for sharing.episodicNicholas Gordonpoemsforfree@substack.comNo<![CDATA[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. Illustration Credit: AI.

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 .



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit poemsforfree.substack.com]]>https://poemsforfree.substack.com/p/politics-must-temper-greed-with-dreams-dbbsubstack:post:188104913Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:19:04 GMTNicholas GordonNo63<![CDATA[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 .



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit poemsforfree.substack.com]]>https://poemsforfree.substack.com/p/politics-must-temper-greed-with-dreamssubstack:post:188105504Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:14:13 GMTNicholas GordonNo63<![CDATA[Happy Fifteenth Anniversary]]>Happy fifteenth anniversary!A long time to be planted side by side!Praised be those whose love and faith abide.Praised be those who would deep rooted be.Years entangle closely planted trees,From canopy to root together tied,Interwoven tightly, so that eyedFull flower, which is which is hard to see.Two trunks, one greater whole, both root and branch,Each able to withstand a stronger wind,Each more intact together than alone.Nor is this close proximity by chance,This will to be so intimately combined,Having each for each shed leaves on stone.

© 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 .



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit poemsforfree.substack.com]]>https://poemsforfree.substack.com/p/happy-fifteenth-anniversarysubstack:post:148668674Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:11:42 GMTNicholas GordonNo61<![CDATA[Estimated Wait Time Is Forever]]>Estimated wait time is forever.In faith, The Moment neither comes nor goes.Does one dress one's thoughts in what seems clever,Allowing for a frequent change of clothes?Let love translate for your timeless soul.Faith's a journey, not a visitation.If one would risk a purpose and a role,Then one should live by love's 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 .



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit poemsforfree.substack.com]]>https://poemsforfree.substack.com/p/estimated-wait-time-is-foreversubstack:post:143374951Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:21:09 GMTNicholas GordonNo46