Those Who Can

Those who can don’t bother to reach ~ out to those who just preach

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 5/12/2024 9:28:00 AM

Those that can, in fact are not interested in trying to reach those that preach, because those that preach cannot reach the minds of the doers or the can do's. Quite a thought provoker. Hugs and Blessings.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 5/9/2024 5:21:00 PM

A poem that is certain in its brief announcement. Well written.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/12/2024 7:57:00 PM

Thanks for your kind words, Hilda. Peace, Gershon

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 5/9/2024 11:25:00 AM

Hello Gershon, Well it packs a punch! It's simple—two lines—yet full of meaning. "Don't bother to reach" implies action, a stark contrast to the emptiness of "preach." It makes you think about true leadership! - Blessings, Daniel

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/9/2024 9:03:00 AM

It is the absurd screaming that gets me. The ones who won’t hear thus they block the words with incessant snears, curses, and all…letting hell loose thus proving their enemy right (often). Hugs ~ Kim (Your poems are thought-provoking)

John Lawless

Date: 5/9/2024 5:53:00 AM

those who can ... do....those that can't...should pay attention...perhaps the preacher is a can't do teacher

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/12/2024 7:54:00 PM

These days, those who can are routed by those who should never have been enabled. ~ Just sayin'

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 5/9/2024 5:01:00 AM

hmmmm...I've known some 'preachy' folks and found them challenging to converse with. Perhaps they were 'preachy' out of fear and therefore needed me to have a heart not of impatience and annoyance but one of compassion and reachy, reachy?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/12/2024 7:46:00 PM

'Reachy?' Reachy!' I reachy like that word, Sara.