Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

To Rise Above Our Age

     She awakened to a world she did not know
        where fair maidens dress the world does show
     their charms in unseemly, wanton pose
        cast off their virtue ere their beauty glows

     Reached for the coach had conveyed her there
        Alas! Her fingers grasped but frightful air
     Lay her down by virgin clearwater brook
        Her reflection gasped, her once-sweet life she took... 

     We fool ourselves we’ll rise above our age
        ~ Best heed the words written 'cross this page

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Joe Maverick August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM Cease and desist .I require you to be more up-beat and sweet.? LOL ))) just trying out a woke Response G W..I think its quite presumptous Though if not downright risable..? Or should that Be ruse-able.??

Bill Baker August 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM There lies within this written page enough tragedy to cause one's rage For seeing in the water so clear A sightly form, no longer dear. Oh my, the water must be broken! I like it, my friend. Write On! Bill

sara Etgen-Baker August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM this poem took my breath away, Gershon. Reminds me of Ophelia in Hamlet (for some reason). Anyway, well penned, Sara Gershon Wolf August 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM That's really quite a compliment, Sara. Much appreciated -- even if Ophelia was a wacko job. Peace, Gershon