Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Why I Choose Not to be a Balloon

  	      Of all the devices and doo-dads
                   on this crazy planet
              I’d never choose to be a balloon

              For you simply cannot top
                   their odds of being popped ~
              or of landing successfully on the moon

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Kim Rodrigues May 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM I’d rather be a hammer than a nail…yet between nail and balloon…who wins? I think you know… Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM Who wouldn't??

John Lawless May 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM filling it with water adds to its many outcomes...among the chaos of the fun... Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM Forgot all about that possibility...

Jeanette Swan May 17, 2026 at 5:50 AM Yes, pondering the pending potential of choosing balloons is unbearable - more so in a room also full of kids. Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM Hmm. 'pending potential?' No wonder kids call me an 'old phogey.'

Ink Empress May 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM Lol this is too funny! Haha! I would never choose to be a balloon too, as I fear heights, especially a helium one, would be awful. Thank you for the smiles ~ Sending you light always dear GW Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM Looks as if 'balloon' is really striking out with Poetry Soup members.

Lin Lane May 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM Or getting hung up in a tree, longing to be free. Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM There you go. That certainly happens too often, doesn't it?