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Return of Grace and Elegance

year after year
of stress
of violence
  what a mess

folks yearn for a time gone by
of elegance and grace
of courtesy and gallantry
when manners had their place

it may be hard to tell
just what is going on
but things do seem the darkest
  before the rosy dawn

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Anne E Sangster - K Date: 6/22/2021 4:57:00 PM So true Gershon. And I wish for that rosy dawn :-) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/22/2021 7:48:00 PM You and I both, Anne. Cheers, gw

Anselmo Boles Date: 6/3/2021 6:48:00 AM Manners and grace seem to have vanished in the mist. Warrior mentality is rampant on the streets. Hope is still the weapon of choice for peace loving souls. Excellent write Gershon!...ab Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/3/2021 6:36:00 PM Thank you, Anselmo, and couldn't agree more with your comments! Peace, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/2/2021 3:00:00 AM I agree that things feel more optimistic now already. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/2/2021 5:36:00 PM I am optimistic until further notice myself. :) gw

Heidi Sands Date: 5/28/2021 5:50:00 AM Let's keep are eyes on the rosy dawn Gershon. Well done ;) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/28/2021 12:22:00 PM Yes, a rosy dawn and a piercing-blue sunset, framed by flames of orange. Paradise awaits. Thanks, Heidi.

Tom Cunningham Date: 5/28/2021 1:39:00 AM We all look back to the good old days, back then folks had more respect for each other, and people actually talked to each other. Tom Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/28/2021 12:21:00 PM Pretty soon people will be born with two sets of hands and no mouth --- the better to text you with, Grandmother said! :) gw

L Milton Hankins Date: 5/27/2021 7:53:00 PM I certainly hope your last two lines are an accurate prophecy. It seems that too much of lately has been the first stanza! So well-written. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/27/2021 7:59:00 PM I hope so too, Milt. Let's do our part, and eventually people will tire of the tirades and seek a life of elegance and grace. Hope springs eternal, gw

Geoffrey Brewer Date: 5/27/2021 7:53:00 PM Thanks for that glimmer of hope, Gershon Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/27/2021 7:58:00 PM I believe that the pendulum swings in manners and lifestyle, just as in fashion. There's only so much vile behavior people can take. A for instance: My generation was MUCH more promiscuous than the current teenage generation in America. Not even close. In my high school of 541 seniors, there were 2 known virgins. (I was one of them). Today, premarital sex is way, way down among teens at that school. So, yes, there is hope! :) gw

Line Gauthier Date: 5/27/2021 7:41:00 PM lovely poem, Gershon. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 5/27/2021 7:56:00 PM Thank you so much. I'm so happy you read this. To my mind, you are the epitome of the poem's title. Here's to you, one classy lady! ~ Old Gersh