Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

When You're Seventy-Five

   When you're 75, you can say
     66 years ago, when I was nine

   Once I thought that pretty cool
     sure, I was a real fool

   Hey, I've survived three-quarters of a century
     as if life ~ were a vast penitentiary

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Deb M November 9, 2023 at 1:48 AM You are as young as you feel BB! Sometimes a thirty five year old and others the walking dead hehe!! Enjoy being seventy five BB….Nice poem my friend! Debx

David Fisher November 7, 2023 at 5:31 PM Cool take on some disparate ages and numbers, with some prison on the side. I think when we were nine, we actually were nine and half all year long. Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM I was 9 3/4 for the last 5 months! lol. :) gw

Kim Rodrigues November 7, 2023 at 3:11 PM If you live to be 110, then 75 will just be a drop in the bucket! Just don’t kick the bucket ;) Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:58 PM Some 'drop!' Hope I don't drop before the year is done! lol. Thanks, Kim

Ilene Bauer November 7, 2023 at 1:23 PM if this is a birthday poem, then happy birthday, gershon! as we advance in age, it does get harder to believe that we are really the age we are... Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:55 PM I look in the mirror, and I see '21.' Then my kids appear in the mirror, and I see that I'm 21+

Paula Goldsmith November 7, 2023 at 12:44 PM WOW!!! What a write/story about being 75. I enjoyed your fun read. "Happy Birthday" with 75 more years to enjoy...  Have a wonderful day......... Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM Today, my doctor said I only have 45 more years to live. Uh-oh!

Bill Baker November 7, 2023 at 8:44 AM Congratulation,gw, 75 is a great accomplishment ... especially when Covid was thrown in. BB Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:50 PM Because of my dyslexia, I thought I was 75. My doctor has informed me that I am actually only 57... And if you believe that, I have some prime real estate in Florida, right on the ocean, or should I say right IN in the ocean... ~ Alligator Al

John Lawless November 7, 2023 at 4:31 AM just doin' time on planet earth.... Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:47 PM Want a 'Get out of Jail Free' card?! ~ 2nd Prize Winner in the Beauty Contest

Karen Jones November 7, 2023 at 12:05 AM No you weren't a fool for looking back and reflecting. Nice work. Gershon Wolf November 7, 2023 at 6:42 PM Then how did I ever get to be such a big fool, Karen?! Please advise! lol. Thanks, gw