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A Poem for Independence Day (USA) About the Importance of Knowing One’s Nation’s History

Identity requires memory. No less than people, nations must recall Days past, lest they wander witlessly, Erased each moment, guided by the…

6d ago

6d ago

Nickgo

A Sad, Missing You Love Poem About a New Love

Your eyes won’t let my thoughts go back to sleep. Your words draw me across 2000 miles. I don’t know you at all, and yet I know You…

Jun 24

Jun 24

Nickgo

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…

Jun 17

Jun 17

Nickgo

A Father’s Day Poem to the Almost-Father of Several Miscarriages

Fear not, for the world is full of beauty, And love’s the song that brings it all to life. Those who don’t have children often might Have…

Jun 10

Jun 10

Nickgo

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…

Jun 3

Jun 3

Nickgo

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…

May 27

May 27

Nickgo

A Name Poem for a Much-Loved Catholic School Teacher

Sister Margaret’s been here many years In service to the children and the Lord. She’s one lovely note within a chord Too vast and beautiful…

May 20

May 20

Nickgo

A Psychological Poem About the Vivid Dream of a Mother with a Brain Tumor

“Lately I’ve been having vivid dreams,” You said. “Perhaps it is the drugs, or perhaps The tumor presses hard against my brain. In any…

May 13

May 13

Nickgo

A Mother’s 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…

May 6

May 6

Nickgo

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 I’ve held you…

Apr 29

Apr 29

Nickgo

Nickgo

I am a poet and the webmaster of a popular poetry website at www.poemsforfree.com, where I have posted over 2,000 poems and stories on a variety of topics.

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