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As Much As You Can

by George Hoerner

remember, take love
when it is offered
knowing you will
never know all
the conditions
in that offering

you have only
one soul and
though it is
split in many
pieces of love
it is truly
infinite

so open it up
and give
as much
as you can

11/19/2012

Posted on 11/22/2012
Copyright © 2025 George Hoerner

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Paul Lastovica on 11/22/12 at 02:24 AM

love the lesson here, especially that middle segment.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 11/22/12 at 10:10 PM

...give all you can...even if it wasn't missed; like American Bandstand i.e. its a good tune, sometimes hard to dance to. good write

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 11/23/12 at 04:26 AM

This is the perfect ending to this Thanksgiving day. Thanks, George.

Posted by David Maurice on 11/23/12 at 08:21 AM

never thought of it this way. truly, thanks.

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 11/23/12 at 04:46 PM

yes and thank you for this love

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 11/24/12 at 10:49 PM

Words to live by for sure, George. Well spoken! Reminds me of something I wrote earlier this year, "A little bit of some things is better than nothing at all."

Posted by Tony Whitaker on 11/25/12 at 10:00 AM

Although not a religious man, rather a spiritual one, there is one passage from the bible this wonderful piece reminds me of, Matthew 22:36-40. Love is everything...

Posted by Ken Harnisch on 11/28/12 at 09:51 PM

Wisdom delivered in a wonderfully tight, constrained dosage, George...and who better by?

Posted by Johanna May on 01/12/13 at 08:50 PM

warmly generous, like a great hug of a poem, thank you

Posted by Carolyn Coville on 02/22/13 at 03:36 AM

Thanks for the reminder!

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 09/13/13 at 12:58 PM

Decartes was wrong. it is not because I think, that I am, it is because I love that I am. and if love is who and what and why I am, then it stands to reason that those who love, who know that love is what got them here, can't be frugal about it, for in so being you are pulling back the reins on a sure winner which is love, the noblest and swiftest steed as ever ran on the track which makes the rest of the pack, tortoises by comparison.

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