Ode to the Baby Boomer

Although, I'm thinking, perhaps, just maybe
there's a better word to use than "baby", 
here's to you, child of the baby boom.
For someone like you, there's always room.
It's too early for your work to cease,
booster of love, champion of peace.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Etgen-Baker Avatar
April 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I agree.....
Crandall Avatar
April 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Thanks, Sara! Let's hear it for baby boomers!
Wolf Avatar
April 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'd like to believe this, David... Then again, 'early to rise...' as Benjamin Franklin once wrote... ~ gw
Crandall Avatar
April 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I guess, in this case, early to rise means kick the bucket, but I think that line is a bit awkward and confusing. Rise about is usually a good thing. Hmm, I can't see right off, how to fix it. If I swapped peace and love, getting love and peace, then I'd have an easier than rhyme, but its "war and peace" or "peace and love". Whoever heard of "love and peace" let's see "boosters of love, champions of peace". Too early for our surcease...too early for us to cease. It's too early for the work to cease, for the boosters of love, the champions of peace". I'm going to go back and change it! Thanks, now my head is screwed on properly.
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