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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

0 posted 2006-05-09 07:15 PM

a nasty thief, is time
especially when
the clock hand suddenly jerks itself
leaping, hours at a time
and some days fall off the calendar
too swiftly for me

I sit and ponder,
why bother even having a clock?
why not just pace myself
sunrise to high noon to sunset?

let's see if that is possible
after all these years
of clock watching

let's see if I can remember
when the days were as long
as they needed to be,
as was the night,
no matter what I had
on my agenda, my list of to-do's

the days and nights
were always long enough
when I just let them alone,
when I allowed time to be
of no more importance to me
than the angle sunlight or shadows
could project as they
danced on the earth

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

1 posted 2006-05-09 07:26 PM

You write

If you will pardon the expression

So sweetly I almost flow over the meaning and the words as you write so well.

Often too sweetly and too fast

I would in the nicest possible way, prefer your words as a main course rather than the tantalising image than you present.

Dave

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-05-09 07:30 PM

ok, Dave
maybe you want grits without any syrup?

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2006-05-09 08:09 PM

why bother even having a clock?
I ask myself the same thing lately

good write Kacy

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2006-05-09 08:19 PM

LOL, hey Dixie gal, why not come out west
for a visit?
...just leave your watches and clocks at home,
for 'time is of the essence' some say
I say
time is irrelevent....

(not to mention'irreverant)

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

5 posted 2006-05-14 11:42 AM

I too ask myself should I even bother having a clock? This is a keeper!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

6 posted 2006-05-14 05:07 PM

I think many of us have asked ourselves this, and you express it well....I especially loved the last stanza

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

7 posted 2006-05-14 06:36 PM

good read

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

8 posted 2006-05-14 07:07 PM

Now, if we all could take on this tact of
thought....what a wonderful place our lives
would be in, huh?

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

9 posted 2006-05-14 11:53 PM

A nasty thief indeed, Kacy. I admire this poem and this idea. Let's ignore the thief.

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