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Man's Enduring Gift

To till an arid desert and make it bloom To fashion with two hands a palace of rooms To drain a swamp and grow there flowers Man's enduring gift ~ his creative powers

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Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 1/2/2022 11:39:00 PM

Wow, this is beautiful! Congratulations on placing in the best new poems! I LOVE this. Happy new year Gershon!

Robert Lindley

Date: 12/29/2021 6:14:00 AM

A gem my friend. Just what I needed this rainsoaked, and very dreary morn. Sometimes, life just is not all that it is cracked up to be. Your poem hit me and made me start to rethink how to rise above the gloom. A very fine fav... God bless..

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/17/2021 7:50:00 AM

I am counting on my enduring gifts to outlast me for centuries - namely the trees I have planted

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/15/2021 6:23:00 AM

I love this!

Bill Baker

Date: 12/14/2021 4:50:00 PM

Right On! Gershon. Loved this rhyme poem and its message. A poet friend, Bill

Terry Flood

Date: 12/14/2021 3:26:00 PM

And it all is little compared to that which you create with all those funny little shapes that we call letters. A smashing piece of wordsmithery, Gershon. Terry

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 7:27:00 PM

Gotta find a word to rhyme with 'wordsmithery,' Terry. I was thinking perhaps like this: Gershon's idiotic blithery has turned into wordsmithery... You know kind of how vinegar ages back into wine. Uh-huh, Uh-huh... Keep smiling, Terry

P.S. Awtry

Date: 12/14/2021 1:20:00 PM

A beautiful truth concisely stated! — I especially like “drain the swamp” ;) -ps

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 7:25:00 PM

too many alligators ~ Kroc O. Dial

L Milton Hankins

Date: 12/14/2021 11:15:00 AM

You've done it again, gw, and this one is worth remembering. In fact, it's a FAVE for me!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 7:25:00 PM

Thank you so much for the FAVE, Milt. Always a humbler for me. Season's best, gw

Mike Gentile

Date: 12/14/2021 8:31:00 AM

This one resonates GW! I do so agree! Great write!!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 7:21:00 PM

Let it vibrate a bit, Mike. Thanks for letting me know. Joy forever, Gershon

Anselmo Boles

Date: 12/13/2021 9:53:00 PM

Very well expressed Gershon! Humanity must also endeavor for peace so its spirituality may truly flourish...ab

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 7:21:00 PM

Peace too, of course, as it is the ultimate 'creative enterprise.' ~ gw

Quoth Theraven

Date: 12/13/2021 9:16:00 PM

Gershon, 'Enduring gift' shown and shared in your own gift in creative powers. -Richard

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 5:15:00 PM

Thank you so much for the kind words, Richard. Happy, Merry, and Festive Season's Wishes!

Valsa George

Date: 12/13/2021 9:06:00 PM

Lovely thoughts and lovely penning my dear friend ! Man is with limitless potentialities. If he wills, he can turn an arid desert into a flowering garden !

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/14/2021 5:08:00 PM

Exactly!! If you will (want) it, it is no dream! ~ gw