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Craving Ever More Gold - Contest

Rapacious greed
  avarice's creed
voracious appetite
  devours every bite

Never enough silver
  craves ever more gold
his insatiable lust
  never grows old

Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini
  Porsche, five Ferraris
Cadillacs and BMW's
  beneath him ~ sorry

Charges usurious rent
  hoards every last cent
on his family tree
  a branch diseased and bent




        June 09, 2021
      $ Poetry Contest
  Sponsor: Anthony Biaanco

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 6/21/2021 10:51:00 AM Congratulations on your win. Money is just a thing. A thing that people make into good or bad. You made it into a good write. Enjoy your win with blessings............... Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/21/2021 6:12:00 PM Thank you so much, Paula, for noticing my H.M. way down there at the bottom of the list. Much appreciated. I like your take on money and on this write. Best always, Gershon

Line Gauthier Date: 6/19/2021 4:46:00 AM Great imagery ~ how much does one need? At some point, it might be good to notice that some people have nothing to eat... Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/19/2021 8:37:00 PM And some of those poor people are actually overweight. Good reason for Scrooges to cut back on their charitable contributions. Sigh. Isn't that how their reasoning works?... Great point, Line. Thank you, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/11/2021 12:40:00 PM Good luck in the contest; this is a splendid contender! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/19/2021 8:36:00 PM Thank you much, C.K!

Terry Flood Date: 6/10/2021 2:29:00 PM I can never figure these multi-millionaires still scrabbling for ever more quids and dollars like some demented fox killing more chickens then he can ever eat. Your last line pretty well says all that is needed. Best of luck in the contest, Gershon. Terry Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/10/2021 6:50:00 PM I must have visualized Ebeneezer Scrooge subconsciously.

Lindsay Laurie Date: 6/9/2021 9:09:00 PM Hello Gershon … being rich or famous doesn’t mean happiness, but it can lead to mistrust and being egotistic - thanks again Gershon - Lindsay Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/10/2021 5:35:00 PM As they say: I've been poor, and I've been rich. -- I'll take rich. lol. Thanks, Lindsay. :) gw

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 6/9/2021 8:26:00 PM Your eloquence does a great job with.the contest's subject of money. This poem is very interesting and enjoyable. Good luck in the contest. :D Evelyn Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/9/2021 9:09:00 PM Thank you for your nice review, Evelyn. Here's wishing you Happiness and Joy Unbounded, Gershon

L Milton Hankins Date: 6/9/2021 7:02:00 PM Wow, you got it down, Gershon. I'm still looking at this contest and wondering what I could possibly do with it. Great write! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/9/2021 9:09:00 PM You know, money is just a neutral thing. I turned it into an instrument of greed, but that's just one of so many aspects of it. I'm sure you can find a star in the pantheon to hang your hat on there, my friend. Strength and Kindness, Gershon