Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Forward into the Past

    Edgar Alan Poe stirred our emotions so
       with tales of horror and woe        

    Today bombs are dropped like candy
       which for the winners is fine and dandy

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Michael Tor March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM History always repeats itself.

Hilda Greenhough March 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM A good point. Poe's tales become truth.

Jerry Brotherton March 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM Sad to say, some things that mankind does to each other is worse than any story could tell. Gershon Wolf March 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM Yep. Truth is much uglier than fiction.

Bj Legros Kelley March 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM Every generation, and we always hope Never Again....but then it does as ever, again, and again. Gershon Wolf March 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM Never Again seems to apply to this: 'Never again will we remember.'

Tom Cunningham March 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM Mankind never learns from his past mistakes. Tom Gershon Wolf March 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM Actually, I learned from Miss Stakes back in 2nd grade. lol. ~ Gershon