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Home Poetry Beauty

A Poem on Life: ‘Wondrous Us’ by Alan Nordstrom (Reading)

January 10, 2022
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Complete poem text here.

CREDITS
Poetry: Alan Nordstrom (1939-)
Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets
Voice-Over: Evan Mantyk
Photos/Footage:
“Milky Way with Tree” by Videvo, licensed under Videvo’s Royalty-Free License (videvo.net)
Music:
“Valley Sunset” by Alejandro Magaña (A. M.) licensed under the Mixkit Stock Music Free License (mixkit.co)
Sound FX:
“Crickets and insects in the wild ambience” by Mixkit under Mixkit free license

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Alan Nordstrom, now retired, was a Professor of English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

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Comments 4

  1. Sandi Christie says:
    4 years ago

    I really liked this poem and I found this online: http://www.wisdompage.com/AEPL/NOETRY.pdf

    Incredible poetry and wonderful wisdom, so glad I found it. Thanks Evan for putting that together, and thank you Alan for sharing your incredible Noetry here.

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    • Damian Robin says:
      4 years ago

      Thank you for this link, Sandi.

      And thank you, Alan Nordstrom, for such an insightful, elegant, profound and yet simple poem and for the other revelatory poems in a similar vein and the commentary on them on your NOETRY page.

      And thanks Evan and company for the fine video.

      Reply
  2. Paul Freeman says:
    4 years ago

    ‘There’s none we find more wondrous than we.’

    I like it. Well done, Alan.

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  3. C.B. Anderson says:
    4 years ago

    Nordstrom is a poet after my own heart.

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