Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Now I'm a Big Poetry Guy

     I once disliked poetry worse than math   
        going back further – than taking a bath

     Shelley was for sissies and so was Blake
        reading their verse was a king-size headache

     But then along came Eldridge Cleaver, a real man’s man 
        his poetry faced down ‘whitey’ and the Ku Klux Klan 

      Poems came alive for me then, I read Castro and Che
        Lenin and Stalin, Ayn Rand and Zane Zen

      So now you know why I’m a big poetry guy 
         I can write about why civilization deserves to die
             ~ and no one ever asks why

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Michael Tor May 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM Love this one Gershon. Absolutely favorite my friend. Thanks for sharing... Favorite...

Joseph P. DiMino May 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM Poetry is heartfelt experience. Subject can be anything...form alone does not make poetry. Passion is poetry.

Hilda Greenhough May 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM Just don't write about politics. Lol. Gershon Wolf May 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM What? No politics? OK. Just truth. lol. ~ J. B. Pritzker

Quoth Theraven May 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM Gershon, Yes and no of poetry described aptly in this Couplet's verse. Funny how Jim Morrison's prose came to light from a place deep within. Your yesterday's writers applaud somewhere in the void. Good to read this. -Richard