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Clock hand shifts,
digits blink,
grains sift through
hourglass,
sundial time
shadows fall,
bio-rhythms
menstruate,
lunar sphere
waxes wanes,
seasons pass
kigo notes,
sun journeys
over sky,
fresh blossoms
fade to dust,
pendulums
hum in chimes,
hairs turn grey,
thin and fall,
candles burn,
marking time……
Sitting here all evening—will I save time?
‘I have many minutes but not so many years left’
(elderly man in grocery lineup).
When I rush frantically, how much time have I lost?
©2016 Ontheland
In response to dVerse Poets Pub: ‘It’s all in the timing’—ruminations from Tuesday evening.
Ontheland 
LOVE this! Love “pendumlums hum in chimes” and especially the final question! It’s a doozie! As in….what do I miss seeing when I’m running so frantically??? Are there “chunks” of time that just bounce off me if I’m rushing around? Really like this one! Thanks for posting!
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Thanks Lillian…I like that image of bouncing chunks of time 🙂
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I felt that way last night, and the day before… Seems i’m in the grocery line every day. Good thing smart phone have video games on them. Time marches mercifully before me, not that many hairs left. Thanks for sharing such a fine verse
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Phones can come in handy in lineups. Glad you related–I appreciate your comment 🙂
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😂
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I really love how you have used the short lines to express the short lines to express the rush toward the end when we try to e l o n g a t e the time…
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Our negotiation with time 🙂 thank you
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I like all the markings of time from season to the clock ticking ~ And lining up for me is a chore so I feel time is so slow ~
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Slow time can be rich but pressures get in the way of enjoyment…I think we are more able to savour minutes when we feel the proximity of death…on that merry note, thanks for commenting 🙂
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SMiLes..
you were juST
in time to publish
this on a third triad
of Supermoon BriGht..
me.. i’M
juSt
wRiting
about it for fun..;)
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BRIGHT the moon has been :))
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Big BriGht
Super Moon
AGain..:)!
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Merry note indeed. LOL! But I love how you structured this poem, and the inners of it. Nothing wasted here….straight to the point…and especially loved the elderly man in the grocery line. Nice, Janice. I like the stripped down poetry.
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Thanks… I ‘m glad you do 🙂
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Such a masterfully penned piece!❤️
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Thank you Sanaa 🙂
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Excellent!
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Thank you 🙂
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