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No Poetry In a Foxhole -- Contest

No poetry in a foxhole when the shelling starts
   Battle-weary soldiers contest
Well, there are no poets in a foxhole either
   I was about to protest...

Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat
Grinning bullets whiz by my grimacing hat
   Feel what happens to a foxhole
   When a poet gets ahold of that  

There's always some poetry somehow, everywhere
   What if there was no poetry? -- That's simply nowhere       



              January 21, 2020
       If there was no poetry Contest
             Sponsor: Silent One

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Charles Messina

Date: 1/28/2020 9:16:00 AM

I love how you did this, Gershon. Congrats on your win! CM

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/28/2020 1:41:00 PM

Alright, Charlie! Can I enter your comment in Lines's 'Write about True Love' (or some such) contest?! Sure to win 1st prize for love of poetry! LOL. Thank you so much for the encouraging words! Best wishes, Gershon

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/26/2020 8:20:00 AM

- Congratulations on your great winning poem in S.O. contest, Gershon :) - Have a lovely Sunday :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/26/2020 3:55:00 PM

Thanks! And congrats to you on your win, high up there on the list. Your poetry is not going up in flames! :) Gershon

Silent One

Date: 1/26/2020 5:36:00 AM

Congrats on your placement in the contest..

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/26/2020 3:56:00 PM

Thank you! And thank you so much for sponsoring the contest! Cheers, Gershon

M. L. Kiser

Date: 1/22/2020 4:53:00 PM

Ah but there are poets in foxholes; their poems may contain a few bullet holes, but they are there.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/22/2020 6:48:00 PM

They are there. Hopefully they can pull the trigger as well as the pen! Otherwise, God save 'em. ~ Old soldier

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 1/22/2020 4:19:00 PM

G'day Gershon … just happen to be reading a poetry book written on the battlefields of northern Africa; 2nd World War. The poet was killed two days after his final poem was written. Your poem reminded me - thanks Gershon - Lindsay

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/22/2020 6:47:00 PM

No kidding! Writing a poem on the battlefields?! Glad that soldier wasn't in my battalion! Of course, if he had been, he probably wouldn't have been killed. Oh, well. It's a long, long time ago now. Thanks, Gershon