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Only Yesterday

Mounds of papers, ragged, uneven as if elbows flaring at angles severe
   Pens akimbo, dog-eared reminders, fading memorabilia
You-Name-It was all piled there only yesterday, only yesterday
   
Somehow dumpier now that it's been stripped bare of
   What gave it character, its empty drawers ajar

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2019

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P.S. Awtry Date: 3/21/2019 10:18:00 AM This is a special piece. It speaks of sadness, of loss or of change... It is like a picture... the title and the last line... this is poetry. A FAVE for me. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/22/2019 11:00:00 AM Thanks a million for the FAVE, my friend. Much appreciated! Best wishes, gw

Kim Rodrigues Date: 3/16/2019 10:25:00 PM Such interesting writes, dear Gershon! The past is where your writing’s at! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/16/2019 10:58:00 PM Ooooh. Such a perceptive (and piercing) comment, Kim. You're right. I am, indeed, rooted in the past, for better or for worse. (Doesn't mean that I'm not still going forward though, by the way...) ~ Forward! --Into the Past... ~ Gershon

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 3/15/2019 10:17:00 PM That's what I like. The poet giving the mundane not only life, but immortality. Excellent piece my friend. xomo Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/16/2019 10:57:00 PM Ah, you have penetrated my thoughts to their innermost recesses, M.M. I was trying to accomplish just what you've described, i.e., to elevate the mundane. Thank you so much for letting me know that a measure of success has been achieved. :) gw

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 3/15/2019 4:35:00 PM When it's our own mess, we don't mind it so much, Gershon. Somehow we still know how to find things. Also enjoyed the twist of humor in verse two! Best wishes, Carolyn Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/16/2019 10:54:00 PM Carolyn, thank you so much for the encouraging words you have written in your comments on this little poem. You have helped make my evening lighter and brighter! Appreciated! Best wishes, Gershon