Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

A Look Back, a Look Ahead

French was the international language
    Brittania ruled the waves
  Sears-Roebuck a retail behemoth
    American Indians still called braves

  China an enigma wrapped in a riddle
    The U.S. in a major depression
  Germany'd elected a bar-room brawler
    A dangerous, goose-stepping hessian...

  Looking back, it's quite surreal
    Looking ahead, hard to get a feel
  Don't know if it's all real or illusion ~
    Or ends from the fallout of nuclear fusion

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John Lawless August 10, 2022 at 12:27 PM as the old adage says "those who forget the past..... Gershon Wolf August 10, 2022 at 6:52 PM What? I simply can't remember... I forgota the pasta! ~ Giuseppi Languagini

Gary Radice August 10, 2022 at 11:13 AM We need poets like yourself Gershon right now. Cheers - Gary Gershon Wolf August 10, 2022 at 6:50 PM Thank you, Gary. We truly need all poets here on the site. The Soup is the richer for it. ~ Stir twice and Let Simmer

Tom Cunningham August 10, 2022 at 3:31 AM Maybe best we don't know what's ahead Gershon, what we don't know can't hurt us. Live each day like it's your last. Tom Gershon Wolf August 10, 2022 at 6:49 PM ---and repent one day before your death... lol. Sounds like the 'Repentance Corporation of Russia' spawned that one, eh?!

Michael Tor August 9, 2022 at 8:28 PM Milton said it best Gershon, I agree buddy. Sadly I think we are headed for some iconic storms. Gershon you and I and the boys will be like the musicians on the Titanic. When all the world is colapsing around us we will be writing Poetry and going down with the ship but at least with a smile and a thought that one of us boought out in our Poetry... We will never give up and expect our Savior's return to our last breath taken. God bless you Gershon... Michael Tor August 10, 2022 at 1:20 PM I will my friend you too... Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 8:30 PM And may God bless you too, Michael... Just like to say the struggles now are the 'birth-pangs of salvation.' Hang in there, man! ~ gw

L Milton Hankins August 9, 2022 at 6:54 PM Perhaps it's good that we do not know the future, having known the past, gw. Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 8:24 PM If, as they say, the past is prelude to the future, then I certainly agree with you, Milt. Who wants to look ahead?!