Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

I Stand on Strong Shoulders

   
	       I stand on strong shoulders
                  of those who before me
                     risked all so I’d never fall

               Prey to hunger and hardship 
                  ~ or to the lie that I did it all

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Joseph P. DiMino June 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM Indeed, no man is an island. Gershon Wolf June 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM Not even Simon or Garfunkel. lol.

Karen Jones June 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM A nice tribute Gershon! I notice I can’t access your older poems after the last upgrade. Am I missing something here like a new way to pull up our older pages? Gershon Wolf June 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM Hmm. I have all of my older poems, I see. Karen Jones June 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM Oh noooooo! That’s a lot of work per poet to lose! Joe Maverick June 21, 2026 at 4:15 AM I too cant get my older Poems Karen.' Sonething is amiss.)

Quoth Theraven June 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM Gershon, Never waiver from a voice grounded in truth. "Deep roots are not reached by the frost." J.R.R. Tolkien -R