'Stay gold, Ponyboy;' Beloved play hits Liberty stage. Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025 ... Warren Buffett suggests reading a 19th century poem when stocks fall.

The poem is an ode to innocence and youthful beauty and their inevitable collapse. The aching scene when Johnny, on his deathbed, tells Howell's "Ponyboy" to "stay gold, Ponyboy.

Ponyboy’s dying friend sends him a last message: “I’ve been thinking about the poem that guy wrote. He meant you’re gold when you’re a kid, like green to everything – that’s day.” ...