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O, Youth of Today

Rev up your engines O, youth of today The challenge before you Is to find a smooth way To ease out the old and bring in the new Without transforming the world to a dark witch's brew You've seen what can happen when we cave in to emotion The protests of Summer 2020 dissolving into unbridled explosions Where he who shouts loudest or longest claims victory Wherein Seattle, Portland, Austin and Richmond are awfully sorry Please equip yourselves well Mark the landscape of the age Your hand steady on the wheel of Improvement - not rage

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 7/29/2020 9:59:00 AM

Such wonderful advise to the youth of today, but perhaps we were also a little hot headed when in our late teens. Read my Peanut butter strike poem which took place in my last year at school (as a prefect!)- although all was well by the day we left school. Hooliganism is not acceptable however, wherever it is displayed! Great poem my friend. Be safe, be blessed, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/2/2020 12:21:00 PM

I remember reading your Peanut Butter Strike poem, and, yes, there was a happy ending. In any event, let's turn the page on rage! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/28/2020 4:32:00 AM

Let us disperse with the rage and find some commonality, let us return the world to peace and love. Let's be hippies. I am all for this poem!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/2/2020 12:20:00 PM

We've got to set the stage to dispense with the rage! Well-put, Caren. Thanks, Gershon

Edlynn Nau

Date: 7/27/2020 10:08:00 AM

Right! Rage is NOT the answer but peaceful protest is every citizens right! This Urban Warfare stirred by a private POTUS militia seems to invoke rage and not bring about solutions. Every 40 years it seems we have uprisings over the exact same issues! Let’s hope our youth not only pick up the baton but actually find answers in the way of policy and practice! Good write because it causes us to think about how we should proceed differently as well as describing a historic time.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/27/2020 5:33:00 PM

Appreciate your comments and insights... Rage just fans the blazes of division and dissension hotter and hotter -- and provoke equivalent actions from extremists on the other side. Doesn't work for me! Thanks for your support, Edlynn! Take care, Gershon

Heidi Sands

Date: 7/27/2020 5:33:00 AM

Great message with perfect ending Gershon :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/27/2020 5:29:00 PM

Thanks for bringing the enthusiasm, Heidi! Cheers, gw

Jenish Somadas

Date: 7/26/2020 9:42:00 PM

Wow.. Splendid poem addressing the Youth.. A very valid message for the present time.. Great write Gershon..

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/27/2020 5:28:00 PM

Thanks, Jenish. I don't want to see youth wasted on the young! :) gw