Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Whither To, Icarus

How high can we fly?
     (After all, we must try!)
     Like the mythical Icarus
       Can we touch the sky?

     Yo, the answer is 'Yes.'
     We've already done THAT
       Soared into space
       Returning and landing
       Without going Splat

     Yet the question remains
     Just how far can we travel?
       Will we achieve Intergalacticity
       'Fore the Universe unravels?

     The paradigm for success was laid out long ago
     By a sci-fi writer whose name you might know:
       Mr. Isaac Asimov, who created Hyperspace with his brain
       As he never once in his life ever boarded a plane! 


                  February 26, 2018

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Line Gauthier October 10, 2018 at 8:08 AM A delightful poem, Gershon. Congrats on your win. Gershon Wolf October 10, 2018 at 10:03 PM Thank you so much, Line. Yours and Michelle's are the first comments I've gotten on this one --- eight months after I first posted it...That'll 'show to go you!' ~ gw

Michelle Faulkner October 9, 2018 at 2:48 PM Did Isaac Asimov never board a plane? Not sure but really enjoyed this, Gershon, so glad you submitted it to my contest! Gershon Wolf October 9, 2018 at 4:57 PM And thank you for sponsoring the contest, Michelle. Such an innovative idea...It was a great incentive for reviewing some of my older stuff...And it's really true: Asimov never boarded a plane. By the way, Ray Bradbury didn't drive (a car). Go figure! ~ Gershon