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Where Does a Poem Live

A poem lives and it breathes
  in the now, in the present

But its home spans the past
  and the future, omnipresent  


  
   ~ with a special Thank-you! to 
       Swetha Vangaveti for the 
        last word of the poem :)

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Swetha Vangaveti

Date: 5/8/2019 8:04:00 AM

Muse that drives words is omnipresent :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/8/2019 10:26:00 AM

Swetha, I think that your outstanding choice of the word 'omnipresent' works so well---that I'm simply going to 'co-opt- it right into the poem, if you don't mind... Check it out again, and you'll see the change! THANK YOU! Best wishes, Gershon

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 5/7/2019 6:05:00 PM

Choree?! How comes?) This is nice, Wolf.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/7/2019 7:06:00 PM

Appreciated, Kurt. Let all of our poems live and breathe... ~ Wolfman

Chaim Wilson

Date: 5/7/2019 3:56:00 PM

Note Chaim Bialik learned at Voloshin, and he became the 'Poet of Israel' but went off the 'Derek', I think b/c of Ego which Rav Nachman says 'Overcoming the Ego is the reason man was created', a challenge for all creative people, but Bezalel successfully dealt w creativity and the Mishkan wouldn't have otherwise been built. I also read your other poems, especially on creativity and you deal w Ego well. Chaim

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/7/2019 4:49:00 PM

Chaim, this comment makes my day, my week, my month, my year, maybe my life. I am humbled by your assessment... And thanks for the education on Bialik. I hadn't realized that he was at Volozhin. Always wondered how a fellow like him knew so much Torah. Thank you again, and best wishes. ~ Gershon

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/7/2019 3:32:00 PM

Enjoyed reading your work. I wonder if some poems will be resurrected after they have laid unread for years? Sara

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/7/2019 4:51:00 PM

Wow! Amazing concept, Sara: 'Poetic Resurrection.' … Emily Dickinson's poems were, of course, discovered after he passing and most were not published for decades. Thank you for your observation, and Best Wishes! ~ Gershon