Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

What I Learned in College - Unbelievable

      
          Hitch-hiked along the East Coast                       1968-70                       
              multiple times
          Picked up by mini-buses
              marijuana high times

          Dated a filthy rich gal whose                              1971-72
              backyard was Hamilton College 
          We climaxed every night, alright
              but didn’t gain any knowledge

          Pledged the fraternity where                              1969            
             ‘Animal House’ was shot
          Quit the very next morning
              learned to quit a lot

          Got a D- in a Shakespeare class                         1971
             blamed it on the professor
          Retook the same course
             almost got an F from his successor… 

          They say the best teacher is Experience                   
             ~ I must have heard ‘Experiments’



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           This is all completely true, so help me - gulp - G-d!!

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Ken Martin September 9, 2026 at 9:03 AM Interesting poem, I like the mention of Shakespeare, he was an erudite man. Gershon Wolf September 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM Well, I wound up teaching Language Arts classes for two decades, in which students performed "Julius Caesar" "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Lear," and "Othello." Usually only two or three acts, however... Go figure, eh?