How Much of Life

    How much of life do we catch
       as we walk briskly past windows
     behind each a drama unfolding

     How much of life do we miss
       as we speed past tenements teeming
     with primal emotions, like downed power lines
       alive with passion and angst 

     How much of life can we know as 
       as we fly across continents
     spanning time zones of populations divers
       running the gamut from AI-creators and
     manipulators to prep cooks, no-counts and killers 

    How much of life would have enriched us if attention were paid
      to the windows on the journeys that you and I've made
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Date: 9/17/2025 10:52:00 PM
Wow Gershon, I'm late to the party by a long ways! Congratulations on your POTD! I am back, healing up after a crazy month of August and now trying to navigate around here...someone moved all the furniture in this big house! I guess I need to relearn everything, it took me quite a while just to get this far! Anyway, I love your poem, it certainly deserved the POTD! And a fave for me!! :)
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Date: 9/3/2025 8:38:00 AM
Hello Gershon, Congrats on POTD! I really have to reflect on the series of questions that make me feel the weight of all those missed moments, all that life happening just outside our awareness as we rush through our days. Blessings, Gershon, Daniel
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Date: 9/2/2025 6:13:00 AM
Such a great poem and message oh wise one! Belated Congratulations BB on POTD! Debx
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Date: 8/30/2025 2:07:00 PM
Congratulations on your POTD honor, my dear friend! Enjoy your special day of recognition. Your poet friend in Texas, Bill
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Date: 8/29/2025 6:13:00 PM
So much of life we miss, indeed. Because of reality. With technology. Health issues. The chaos happening in our world. When we're able to, we need to embrace the beauty that surrounds us. Congratulations Gershon, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy
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Date: 8/29/2025 12:28:00 PM
Congratulations on your POTD win. What a powerful write. We Catch, little. We Miss, most. We Know, some. The  journeys are Not over so enjoy, learn, live life.........
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Date: 8/28/2025 6:16:00 PM
an international "peeping Tom"....beware of peeping into glass houses.
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:36:00 PM
That's me. Peeping away. ~ Tom Boy
Date: 8/28/2025 2:57:00 PM
Nice poem, interesting that those of us that can be comfortable enough to cozy up in this room with out a worry in the world while the other half of America fights against racism, hatred and being taken off off of the streets by masked thugs, thanks again for the write !
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:35:00 PM
Oh Me, Oh My, sounds like you are ripe for revolution. ~ All Tuckered Out
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Date: 8/28/2025 3:05:00 PM
That is a world that most of us will never have to experience. I feel for people but if it doesn’t touch home most people can’t relate!!!
Date: 8/28/2025 2:25:00 PM
Gershon, Found common ground in your live wire depicted poem. Watching you watching life, its own reward. -Richard
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:34:00 PM
And just think: Now I'm watching you watch me watching life. This could become complicated...
Date: 8/28/2025 2:06:00 PM
CONGRATS on POTD! A great write. Warm Regards, William
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:33:00 PM
William, much obliged. Thank you for noticing. ~ Gershon
Date: 8/28/2025 1:56:00 PM
I see why you got POTD! I read a book about walking…telling a similar story of slowing down to see more. Great! Congrats!
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:32:00 PM
Well, at the rate I walk now, I've probably got the best vision on the planet. lol. Thanks, Kim.
Date: 8/28/2025 1:07:00 PM
Gershon, a great poem and message. Congratulations on POTD.
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:32:00 PM
Yes. And it wasn't even a limerick! Imagine that. :) gw
Date: 8/28/2025 12:47:00 PM
Your words are so true, Gershon. We've missed so much as time and we sped by. Many congratulations on POTD!
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:30:00 PM
Ann, always a pleasure to see your avatar pop up. Appreciate your visit. ~ Gershon
Date: 8/28/2025 10:59:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD! Wow, worthiness because I'm not worthy. Great poem. Thanks for sharing.
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:30:00 PM
For what it's worth... Nah, skip it. Thank you for noticing this potd, Benjamin.
Date: 8/28/2025 10:52:00 AM
Gershon, congratulations on your POTD! Your questions are thoughtfully posed written with the ability to create impactful considerations. High fives for your honor. Time to go "window shopping!" Blessings to you!
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:29:00 PM
Ha, ha. 'Window shopping.' Love that quip. Thanks, Sam
Date: 8/28/2025 9:08:00 AM
Stay away from those windows, lest you be arrested, lol. Congratulations on POTD GW! AI is big and we are small in its world of chaos. Not an ai-er I do put different words out there as I tire of words used over and over again! Love the alliteration "tenements teeming" Enjoy your day! August blessings
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Date: 8/28/2025 7:28:00 PM
And to think I almost wrote 'teeming tenements.' Gasp. More drama behind that window... Thanks, Anaya. ~ gw
Date: 8/28/2025 7:01:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD. Enjoy your award well deserved.
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:28:00 AM
Thank you for noticing, Hilda. Your turn next!
Date: 8/28/2025 5:06:00 AM
- Congratulations on your p.o.t.d., Gershon ... great written :) - hugs
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:29:00 AM
Thank you so much. Nice of you to stop by, Anne-Lise. Hope you are well. ~ Gershon
Date: 8/28/2025 5:02:00 AM
Deep musings here, gw. We will always miss something but perhaps what counts is hearts we touch, spirits we enliven, among those we chance to meet. warmest congratulations on POTD
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:30:00 AM
I agree with you wholeheartedly, Seeker. Thanks for noticing this POTD. ~ Gershon
Date: 8/28/2025 4:31:00 AM
Well written, Gershon. Congratulations on POTD! ~CM
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:30:00 AM
Hey, CM. You the man!! Yours is the next POTD. Thanks, gw
Date: 8/28/2025 4:17:00 AM
A big congratulations on POTD, Gershon! Enjoy your special poetry day!
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:31:00 AM
Appreciate you noticing, Regina. Have a great Thursday! :) gw
Date: 8/28/2025 3:35:00 AM
returning with a round of applause and congratulations for your POTD designation. Thrilled for you!
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:32:00 AM
Keep returning, Sara. lol. Appreciate yor taking note of this potd. ~ Gershon
Date: 8/28/2025 12:58:00 AM
We need that wake all call, must observe more. Congratulations Gershon on having received the honour of poem of the day… Beryl
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:33:00 AM
I probably need that wake up call more than anyone. Thanks for your good wishes, Beryl. :)
Date: 8/28/2025 12:43:00 AM
Life has become very fast paced, we need to slow down and see what's around us. Congratulations to you Gershon on today's POTD honour. Tom
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Date: 8/28/2025 8:33:00 AM
Not to mention that we have lost a step or two... Thanks, Tom. ~ gw
Date: 8/27/2025 5:47:00 PM
Hi Gershon, what an eye opening observant poem. Well penned and another FAV!
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Date: 8/27/2025 7:29:00 PM
Thank you so much for the Fave, Regina. Much appreciated. :) Gershon
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