Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Pondering the Cosmos

     Pondering the cosmos, I thought I’d look around
       until I heard a tiny voice, speaking from the ground

     It questioned why I bothered, to gaze so far away
       when right beneath my own two feet, a vibrant world’s at play

     Hmm, I mused. He’s got a point, I may have overlooked
       So, I bent down and what I saw forever had me hooked

     The drama of an anthill forming, the undulations of a worm
        A cosmos that I’d never known ~ a new world from which to learn

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Regina Elliott August 14, 2024 at 3:18 PM Gershon, wonderful nature rhyme. You sound like me. I sit out on our backyard patio just about every day for hours watching nature such as inchworms, dragonflies, birds, ants, cute little tiny bugs including ladybugs, cloud formations, and the aircraft that fly in the area. My daughter doesn't know how I have the patience to sit out there all day. A touch of a naturalist in me. :))))) Gershon Wolf August 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM You are more of a naturalist than I by your description, Regina. An hour is about my limit. ~ Aunt Hill

Linda Alice Fowler August 14, 2024 at 10:58 AM Sweet little poem gw. In this earthly world, there is wonderment still. :) Gershon Wolf August 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM We wonder, wander, roam and ponder. Thanks, LAF, ~ gw

John Lawless August 13, 2024 at 7:18 AM it'd all fine and dandy until they show uo at the picnic Gershon Wolf August 14, 2024 at 6:34 PM That's why I always serve bug juice at my picnics, John. lol.

Tom Cunningham August 13, 2024 at 7:07 AM Sometimes we fail to see the trees for the woods. Tom Gershon Wolf August 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM or hear the forests midst the roaring of the seas... Hey, we're almost sounding poetic here, Tom. lol.

Kim Rodrigues August 13, 2024 at 5:05 AM I love this! You never know what wonders you will find both near and far. We have a crepe myrtle that wasn’t flowering for a couple years but my husband noticed the tall blooms this year. Fave! Gershon Wolf August 14, 2024 at 6:25 PM Gee, thanks for the Fave, Kim. Nothing like the 'cosmos' right under our own two feet! ~ Gershon