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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

January 2, 2022 at 11:39 PM

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

Robert Lindley

December 29, 2021 at 6:14 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

December 17, 2021 at 7:50 AM

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

Kim Rodrigues

December 15, 2021 at 6:23 AM

I love this!

Bill Baker

December 14, 2021 at 4:50 PM

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

Terry Flood

December 14, 2021 at 3:26 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

December 14, 2021 at 7:27 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

December 14, 2021 at 1:20 PM

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

Gershon Wolf

December 14, 2021 at 7:25 PM

too many alligators ~ Kroc O. Dial

L Milton Hankins

December 14, 2021 at 11:15 AM

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

Gershon Wolf

December 14, 2021 at 7:25 PM

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

Mike Gentile

December 14, 2021 at 8:31 AM

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

Gershon Wolf

December 14, 2021 at 7:21 PM

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

Anselmo Boles

December 13, 2021 at 9:53 PM

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

Gershon Wolf

December 14, 2021 at 7:21 PM

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

Quoth Theraven

December 13, 2021 at 9:16 PM

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

Gershon Wolf

December 14, 2021 at 5:15 PM

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

Valsa George

December 13, 2021 at 9:06 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

December 14, 2021 at 5:08 PM

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

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