Gershon Wolf Poet Pantoum

My Pen Says Goodnight

This is the last poem I'll ever write
   Please don't look at me strange
After this write, my pen says goodnight
   I'm off to my Maker, Home on the Range

Please don't look at me strange
   It's not up to me as to when I depart
I'm off to my Maker, Home on the Range
   It's time to leave when he unplugs my heart

It's not up to me as to when I depart
   So this poem had better be incredibly good
It's time to leave when he unplugs my heart
   I'd like to go out on a high note, I really would

So this poem had better be incredibly good
   The rhymes have to rhyme, the meter not teeter
I'd like to go out on a high note, I really would
   With a blue-ribbon winner, so you'll want to fete her

The rhymes have to rhyme, the meter not teeter
   After this write, my pen says goodnight
With a blue-ribbon winner, so you'll want to fete her
   This is the last poem I'll ever write...

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Kim Rodrigues September 8, 2019 at 6:01 AM So very good and fun and all that...yeah! Gershon Wolf September 8, 2019 at 11:24 AM Thank you and appreciated, Kim, and all that... LOL. :) gw

Lindsay Laurie September 7, 2019 at 6:48 PM G'day Gershon … the art of repetitive lines lives well in your verse Gershon. I enjoyed the topic also - thanks Gershon - Lindsay Gershon Wolf September 7, 2019 at 9:42 PM Appreciate your kind words and support, Lindsay. All the best, Gershon

Brenda Chiri September 6, 2019 at 5:42 PM Gershon what can I say! This was amazing! I know how hard it is to write a Pantoum! Incredibly good too I might add!;) Brenda Chiri September 7, 2019 at 7:46 AM You joke! Lol! You cannot leave here so you must come haunt us!;) haha! Gershon Wolf September 6, 2019 at 6:26 PM Well, thank you so much for the enthusiasm, Brenda. I had to go out on a good note, you know. (Just kidding, of course). :) gw

Tom Cunningham September 6, 2019 at 5:09 PM You wrote this well Gershon, ive only ever done one that was enough, computer nearly went out the window with me attached to it lol. Enjoy the weekend. Tom Gershon Wolf September 6, 2019 at 6:25 PM Very funny, TC... I picture what you wrote kind of like going down the bowling lane with fingers stuck in the ball. Ouch! ~ gw

Heidi Sands September 6, 2019 at 4:20 PM Hi Gershon. I hope this doesn't mean you are leaving! I look forward to your poetry. Let that pen carry on! :) Please stay around. Gershon Wolf September 6, 2019 at 4:34 PM Only when I write an incredibly good poem---nowhere near there yet, I'm afraid. ~ Still trying! ~ gw

Chris Green September 6, 2019 at 4:12 PM Sorry my friend, this poem isn't incredibly good so I think you better stick around a little bit longer and keep writing. I mean, if that is your terms...just saying. : ) Ok, it was incredibly good but just not good enough so you need to hang out longer. Gershon Wolf September 6, 2019 at 4:33 PM When I stop laughing at this (incredible) comment, then I will say: 'Goodnight, Chris.' ... (Not to EVER take me too seriously; except for the point that I actually make, which some will miss: Just to write every poem as if it's our last one, to try to make each one shine)… Best always, Gershon

Jan Allison September 6, 2019 at 4:03 PM i sincerely hope you'll never put down your pen GW:-( hugs jan xx Gershon Wolf September 6, 2019 at 4:05 PM And I sincerely hope that, as they say, 'Never is a long, long time!' :) gw