25 September 2024

March of Time


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Nothing is moving faster than the wings of this year 2024. We are almost at the tail end of the year now. Unbelievable!

 There’s a fleeting feeling all around us. Anyone can hear the sound of the passage of time in everything: the clocks ticking; mirrors speaking; seasons marching. Being fixed to a time frame and watching this fast pace of life we may wonder if we have time enough.

 Would we ever pause or slow down a bit? How to do that? Poet says, “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time / like dew on the tip of a leaf.”

 March of Time is today’s theme. Capture Time’s gait in your lines. You might be the observer or it might be Time itself who has a fixed gaze on you and your surroundings.

 

A few poems to share with you :

Be Drunk

by Charles Baudelaire


Corona

by Paul Celan


AsI Walked Out One Evening

by W.H. Auden


Please link one poem that is your response to the material of this prompt. When you link your poem please visit other links in the spirit of the community


26 comments:

  1. Thank you for the prompt Sumana - Jae

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    1. Thanks Jae for your beautiful poem.

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    2. I enjoy every part and parcel of this poem, and especially "sounds divine / I like how your hair turns silver / And your world grows bigger / Like you are not afraid any more . . . " May it be so!

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  2. Hello friends! I hope you enjoy the prompt. Happy writing!

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    1. I LOVE this prompt, especially the poems you chose, and of them, especially Baudelaire's "Be Drunk"!

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    2. Thanks Susan. "But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk." And I love this line of Baudelaire's poem.

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  3. Thanks for hosting, Sumana. Well I know how time marches on, at my avanced age. Smiles. And each day, a gift I am grateful for.

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    1. Thanks Sherry. Each day a gift indeed. And your poem is a wonderful gift too.

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  4. Thank you for such a flexible prompt, Sumana. I was tempted to go with a seasonal poem, but I've written and read a lot of them lately. Instead I wrote about measuring time with a morning ritual.

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  5. Thank you so much Kim. I absolutely enjoyed how your day begins.

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  6. A wonderful prompt, Sumana. Thank you.

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  7. Love the poems you chose. More please in the future. Good and relevant prompt.....GO BOOMERS !Rall

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  8. Today I will just add my small contribution here. An elfje (attempted after reading this poem: https://elderberrytea.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/droplet/ earlier today).

    Sand

    Time
    Fourth dimension
    Moments in trust
    Let them all go
    Infinite

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    1. The fourth line is especially interesting as it captures the poet's feelings. Elfje is an interesting poetic form. Thank you.

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    2. It's tough to get out what wants to be said in so few words but that line did seem to capture what I was going for. Thanks for reading. 🙏

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  9. Love Love Love .. the Auden poem... thank you for the prompt and the poem.

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  10. Thank you Sumana for the beautiful inspiration

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    1. Thank you for the amazing poem you shared with us today, Susie. So lovely to see you and read your lines.

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  11. My favorite here is Be Drunk. On poetry, of course!!! But of course, Auden never disappoints. Thanks for the prompt

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  12. So lovely to see you Yvonne. Thank you so much for the beautiful poem. And yes I agree, Auden never disappoints. Smiles.

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