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Victor Perton's avatar

As a teenager, my mother gave me a copy of this on a copper plate.

Thanks for the reminder.

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Tom Carson's avatar

I don’t think you have to adjust it to being gender neutral. He is describing manhood full stop. It’s not to say that there aren’t universal messages. But this is not a poem for women and girls. It’s beyond their domain. It makes men stand to attention. It makes women wish they knew someone like that. I think your little disclaimer at the end inadvertently showed you didn’t understand the poem. But yes, we should carry it in our wallet and read it at least once a week

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Ken Phillips's avatar

Happy to agree to disagree Tom. Cheers

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Tom Carson's avatar

I so hate that cop out response. Better to be silent

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