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Concentration Tool

Serene, at peace...
Calm's a unique kind of cool
Concentration tool...
Fools too oft get excited
Wise men, not thus incited

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Susan Ashley

Date: 7/10/2019 8:25:00 PM

Yet again, your marvelous and ingenious insight shines in your artful expression, Gershon. A brilliant piece. Congratulations on your wonderful and well deserved recognition with POTD honors. Warmest wishes always my dear friend.. ~Susan

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/11/2019 5:13:00 PM

Thank you, my sweet friend :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/10/2019 9:34:00 PM

Thank you for noticing, Susan...And once again congrats to you on YOUR POTD on July 5. Blessings, gw

P.S. Awtry

Date: 7/3/2019 1:03:00 PM

You are of course so right, my wise poetic friend! Congratulations on POTD honors!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/3/2019 1:25:00 PM

Thank you for your comment, and nice to see your avatar. Hope you'll rejoin the Soup soon. Best wishes, gw

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 7/2/2019 2:08:00 PM

Hi Gershon, Have not been too active on poetry soup for a day or two - flu is no excuse though, because I love and comment on mostly all your poems - this was destined to win - such an intense verse - congratulations dear friend on POTD!

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 7/2/2019 2:43:00 AM

What a summary of life. Thank you and kind and wise wishes, Kai

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/2/2019 9:19:00 AM

Kai,, thank you for your encouraging words. Warm wishes to you. ~ Gershon

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/1/2019 6:52:00 AM

Hi Gershon, You said so much in a few words. Congratulations on getting the poem of day. It was well deserved:-) Alexis

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/1/2019 2:24:00 PM

Appreciate your support, Alexis. Thank for the feedback. :) gw

David Mchattie

Date: 6/30/2019 9:22:00 PM

Congrats on POTD. As I've said before... there is a certain genius in simplicity. To be able to say so much with only a few words. Stay frosty my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/30/2019 11:12:00 PM

You(r comment) puts me on ice. Real coooooool! :) gw

Arturo Michael

Date: 6/29/2019 5:35:00 PM

We could probable count the wise men on one hand...Definitely a cool concentration tool is not made for fools... Well done Gershon...Congratulations...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:34:00 PM

Arturo, I sure appreciate all your observations and support. Warm wishes, Gershon

Charlie Knowlton

Date: 6/29/2019 4:56:00 PM

Congrats! Gershon…POTD. Wow! Good poem.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:33:00 PM

Thanks for taking time to encourage me, Charlie. Best wishes, Gershon

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/29/2019 3:34:00 PM

Great choice for POTD, many well deserved congratulations!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:33:00 PM

Michelle, thank you for your congrats here, and for all of your support over the past year! :) gw

Brandy Nicole

Date: 6/29/2019 1:14:00 PM

Truth tangles around each and every word. This should be printed and placed everywhere in the world, so everyone could read it. Deep and Powerful. Congratulations Gershon, on Poem of the Day. ~ Brandy

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:31:00 PM

Thank you so much for your generous assessment and encouragement, Brandy. Much appreciated. Best wishes, Gershon

Sunlite Wanter

Date: 6/29/2019 12:23:00 PM

"Calm as a tool...." if not manipulative. Very wise indeed. Congratulations!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:31:00 PM

Right. Not to be manipulative. Thanks for the feedback, Sunline. Appreciated. ~ gw

Jeanne Mcgee

Date: 6/29/2019 9:45:00 AM

Maybe that is why I like walking in the woods...the calm. Congrats on POTD. You are a wise man, indeed.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:30:00 PM

Jeanne, I really have to thank you here. I've been called 'wise' before, as in 'wise guy' --- but 'wise man' is a first... Actually, I can't take full credit for the content of this one, as the idea is expressed in the Talmud, Ethics of the Fathers, 4:1. Thanks again for the support. Best wishes, Gershon

Daniel Turner

Date: 6/29/2019 9:29:00 AM

Congratulations on POTD Gershon. Remaining calm in the midst of pressure is a superpower!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:28:00 PM

Thanks for the feedback and the encouragement, Daniel. Appreciated. Best wishes, Gershon

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/29/2019 8:01:00 AM

Short, but potent my friend...Congrats!! on POTD!!...carry on poetic soldier lol...sending love...^WW^

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:27:00 PM

I'm taking your advice to heart, W.W., my bayonet at the ready. What to spear next?! LOL. Thanks a million for the support. Best wishes, gw

Tania Kitchin

Date: 6/29/2019 7:15:00 AM

Congratulations on POTD, enjoyed!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:26:00 PM

Thanks for stopping by, Tania...reminds to get working on a funny limerick. :) gw

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/29/2019 1:18:00 AM

Love this little gem Gershon and greetings from Turkey. Congratulations on POTD honours. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/29/2019 10:25:00 PM

Thanks, Tom, and I see that you really are a globetrotter these days. Expecting a uniquely T.C. poem about the trip when you return. No pressure there. LOL. Have a wonderful trip! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/28/2019 4:33:00 AM

Wise men and wise women do not get incited, excited or over-drama-cited. It is such a wise choice; I try to choose it daily at least once when someone else is trying to "stir things up". Sage advice in the form of a well-done tanka.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/28/2019 10:19:00 AM

'Be very, very low (calm) of spirit,' say the venerable Sages. (I'm on a Sage-kick now, I guess). Why? --'For the hope of man is but the worm (in the grave).' Interesting advice... :) gw

Mark Toney

Date: 6/27/2019 8:10:00 PM

Wow, this is some pithy stuff my friend. Nicely done! ~Mark P.S. I calmly Faved it ;) Namaste

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 9:28:00 PM

Thanks for the FAVE on this one, Mark. (Soup mail, please). ~ gw

Heidi Sands

Date: 6/27/2019 5:11:00 PM

Oh I like this! Great one Gershon :) A FAV

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 5:21:00 PM

Wow. A Fave. I'm humbled, Heidi. I get so few of them. So it's extra-really appreciated. TYSM, Gershon

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 6/27/2019 4:39:00 PM

Fools don't yoga, fools don't care, fools go marry a millionaire. P.S.: Confess, Wolf, you must have lived in India in one of the former lives)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 5:18:00 PM

I like your little poem about fools there, Kurt...As for confessions: Of course, I have lived in India. When I met the Maharishi, he told me to go back to Jerusalem and study the Talmud harder, that I was wasting my time in India. (The Maharishi was the former 'Yankel Rabinovich.') LOL... Truth be told,--b/c the previous stuff was NOT the truth-- I have never bought into Yoga, Buddha, or any of that gobbledy-gook. I'm a Type A healthily-neurotic, objective reality freak. No inner demons, dybbuks, or Buddhas to expunge. Ha, ha. I'd like to think so anyway... And how about you?! ~ gw

Line Gauthier

Date: 6/27/2019 4:22:00 PM

Deep, Gershon. I like it.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 5:12:00 PM

Thanks, Line. Sometimes I am able to maintain a semblance of profundity for five or six lines, although not for more. Glad you felt that this little tanka did the trick for you. Appreciated. ~ Gershon

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