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In Search of the Great American Poem

I’ve contemplated my navel for hours at a time Searching for precisely a Buddha-like rhyme I’ve looked to the Heavens yearning for signs Yet disappointment replies in the form of rooflines I’ve watched the ocean breakers reach shore My eyes suddenly water I’m no commodore… Though I’ll never give up my pursuit of the Grail It sure seems to me I’ve been chasing my tail

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/22/2022 2:26:00 AM

I have to admit I am always shocked at the responses to my poems. The ones I do not especially like others seem to like the best. Weird huh?

John Watt

Date: 4/19/2022 1:31:00 PM

I think I just found the Great American Poem... this one! Keep searching for that grail and we'll keep showing up and reading your musings ~ Sir Lancelittle

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 6:04:00 PM

Aw, thanks, John! Appreciated, Gershon

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 4/19/2022 10:48:00 AM

A Buddha line of rhyme. Always changing, yet always the same. It's all above my pay grade, I say just keep typing, I'll keep reading.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 6:04:00 PM

Now, if you think I know what I'm typing, Ken... I just close my eyes, hit the keys, and Pray! :)

John Lawless

Date: 4/19/2022 5:42:00 AM

OVER HERE!!!! OVER HERE!!!!!! PICK ME!!!!! PICK ME!!!!! Ever wonder if the brush remembers what it painted????

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 6:03:00 PM

Nah! I just gave it the 'old brush-off.' lol. ~ gw

Jeff Kyser

Date: 4/18/2022 9:26:00 PM

Quail, man, quail. A tall quail no less. Told as Fibonacci stanzas with shadorma refrains. This could be it for you

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 6:01:00 PM

When you write 'This could be it for you,' I wonder if it's really true. ~ Last Legs

L Milton Hankins

Date: 4/18/2022 8:50:00 PM

Trust me, you haven't been, gw. I, for one, thoroughly enjoy reading your poems. I find them insightful and thought-provoking...and well, many times, just funny. Worth my time always!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 5:57:00 PM

Can't ask for a nicer comment than this one, Milt. Deeply appreciated. Best always, Gershon

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 4/18/2022 8:26:00 PM

Keep writing for the day will come when America realises you're second to none. Till then go on chasing your tail, at least until hope prevails. A great humorous poem… Belle

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 5:54:00 PM

Hey, thanks for the smile, Belle. Hope all is well. :) Gershon

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 4/18/2022 8:15:00 PM

So amusing! I chuckled all through this, Gershon. The first verse is my favorite. :D

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 5:53:00 PM

I guess we all search for our 'inner Buddha' at one time or another. Thank you, Evelyn. :)