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A poet writes first to please himself ~ his list of friends an empty shelf

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 1/5/2020 1:19:00 PM

Hello Gershon Wolf I like this poem and the words are beautiful. Have a nice day my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 1/7/2020 12:27:00 PM

I wish you to have a ggod day my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/5/2020 6:46:00 PM

Thank you so much, Darlene. Season's best, Gershon

Pratap Roy

Date: 1/5/2020 4:15:00 AM

Very nicely penned. Liked the poem. God bless you.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/5/2020 12:23:00 PM

Thanks for all of your support, Pratap, and glad you liked this limerick. Blessings, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/5/2020 3:00:00 AM

If this isn't the truth, then what is? From one poet to another! Well penned!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/5/2020 12:23:00 PM

Gee, thanks for the high praise, Caren. Takes a poet to know it, I guess. Blessings, Gershon

Quoth Theraven

Date: 1/4/2020 2:00:00 PM

Gershon, Fine Monoku that left me to wonder. Are we born with full hearts? Or do we start life an empty vessel? Either way, your heart appears to have enough to share with all. PS Liked your 'isolationist craft' comment to Ann. -Richard

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/4/2020 9:28:00 PM

Richard, your comments are so thought-inducing. So appreciated… The isolation can be deafening sometimes. ~ Screaming in zero pain, Gershon

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 1/4/2020 11:47:00 AM

WOW. A few words and a ton said. Fill your shelves with books, they will not let you down. Friends/people come and go. Most friends are not really fiends and that is so sad. Have a wonderful day and year........

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/4/2020 9:26:00 PM

Well, you never know who your friends are 'till the chips are down, do you?! Thanks, Paula. ~ Gershon

Jean Bush

Date: 1/3/2020 10:20:00 PM

I'll be damned; you hit the nail on the head again. Perfect.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/4/2020 9:25:00 PM

Thanks, Jean. I'm practicing to be an apprentice carpenter. Pays better than poetry. Happy 2019! ~ Gershon

Mark Toney

Date: 1/3/2020 6:10:00 PM

Gershon, your poetry is fun and pithy (remember there's no "s" in pithy!). You and I have about the same number of views, but you have more comments than I do. What's your secret? The Soup would not be the same without the Gershon spice :) Cheers! ~Mark

Brenda Chiri

Date: 1/3/2020 1:13:00 PM

Wow Gershon I loved this!;)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/4/2020 9:13:00 PM

Ah, you see right through me! (Then again, who doesn't?!) ~ Old Empty Head

Brenda Chiri
Date: 1/4/2020 2:12:00 AM

Well If I didn't I do now!;)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 3:45:00 PM

You realize, of course, that the title was a description of the interior of my head. Hey, hey. :) gw

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 1/3/2020 11:48:00 AM

Hope you will fill many more shelves of friends, people just love you and your poetry! Blessings, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:59:00 AM

Well, thank you so much, Jennifer. Hard to tell what the truth s when we don't see or talk to each other... :) gw

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 1/3/2020 7:53:00 AM

verklempting x

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:51:00 AM

OK -- as long as you're not fertumult or farblongen! A sheynem dank, fraulein!

Chris Green

Date: 1/3/2020 7:00:00 AM

It sure does seem that way at times but you my friend will need additional shelves before long, you'll see. Keep em coming GW.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:58:00 AM

Top-drawer comment! Thanks, Chris! :) gw

Sandra Adams

Date: 1/3/2020 5:14:00 AM

Your shelf my friend could never be empty ... your poetry always pleases the audience that you captivate :) hugs

Sandra Adams
Date: 1/4/2020 11:18:00 PM

Perhaps you should take up an activity one night a week or even month that you enjoy. Meet people. Even if there were some poetry slam or something in your area. You make friends enjoy poetry and write here too. Best of both worlds

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:57:00 AM

So ,I've been dong this for a couple years now, and have yet to meet one person with who 'communicate.' That's an eerie feeling, at least for me. And 'm spending too much of the day by myself, I think. At any rate, thanks for your encouragement, Sandra. Smiles, Gershon

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/2/2020 9:58:00 PM

Love it, Gershon. We're blessed when we enjoy our own company. Friends can be overrated. True friends are precious. Kindred spirits... priceless.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:54:00 AM

Well, you're right that friends can be overrated. Yet writing poems can get a bit lonely, don't you think?! :) gw

Ann Foster

Date: 1/2/2020 9:26:00 PM

Oh sure... make me cry tonight.... be cheerful my friend, they have not silenced yet, they have yet to catch us... Perfectly written... Ann

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/3/2020 11:53:00 AM

Who knows really? Poetry Soup helps, but poetry is an isolating, isolationist craft. Gets to me sometimes. Smiles, Gershon