Wednesday 17 November 2010

Time

WILLOW'S MAGPIE No. 41


No more than a fragment saved
A perfect fragment
In a perfect square
Of time itself.
Brush strokes of time
An exclamation mark reversed
Foretelling midnight and
The end of time itself.
Bid time return once more
In fragments, hour by hour
Counted by heartbeats
In a perfect circle
Until the end of time itself.



30 comments:

  1. And you scolded me that you are not a poet! Harummmmph!

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  2. A lovely bit of language; a polished gem for the ear & heart!


    Aloha from Waikiki :)

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  3. so much worth to be read even at 03.30 in the morning - love the "exclamation mark reversed
    " ! please have a wonderful thursday you all.

    daily athens

    p.s.: and yes, returned from a four day escape towards home, only to loose me suitcase with nearly all poetry books ever owned ... sigh ... life ...

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  4. "Until the end of time itself" ...beautiful, Friko. Thank you for your lovely words.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  5. I love the elegant geometry of this piece, Friko.

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  6. You have taken a difficult abstract image and written an elegant little poem that describes it very well indeed.

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  7. "Bid time return once more
    In fragments, hour by hour." Lovely lines.

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  8. I've been edified once again. Thanks.

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  9. I was intrigued by your 'exclamation mark reversed', as my immediate reaction to the photo, was 'it's upside down' ! I like the perfect circle of a square clock face...

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  10. You are as quick as Willow with your poems. It takes me forever to decide what I see and put it into words. I think I am looking with the wrong eyes.LOL
    QMM

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  11. This is one of those poems that reach deep within one, despite its (apparent) simplicity. Many thanks. It was an enjoyable read.

    Greetings from London.

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  12. "An exclamation mark reversed..."
    I didn't see it at first, but you're right; there it is.

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  13. And the "i" of itself, repeated so beautifully, got me to thinking, yes i and exclamation mark, in reflection.
    Beautiful and inspiring, Friko.
    XO
    WWW

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  14. A complex and brilliant piece.
    And the exclamation mark upside
    down, morph to the eternal "i",
    omniscient, introspective, metaphysical,
    there in the eleventh hour you
    contemplate that just beyond the
    reach of your slender fingers and
    your keen mind, time, or at least
    the measurement of movement,
    does not exist, that all is one, and
    one is now, and circular, that great
    god-snake eating its own tail,
    the universe still expanding,
    you as entity there covered in
    rainbows, reviewing this moment,
    and planning the next, still
    anchoring in the now.

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  15. "Bid time return once more". Aye. Therein lies the rub.

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  16. The circle continues - this piece is wonderfully descriptive and provocative.

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  17. At a recent family gathering , the brush strokes of time were obvious .
    I love the phrase . It's gentle which is just right for that slow transformation .

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  18. Polished words, elagance eluding the ever fading time... nice poetry.

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  19. I love the upside down exclamation mark! Nice piece, Friko.

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  20. hour by hour
    Counted by heartbeats

    And they happen without our being conscious of them, most of the time...

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  21. I am new to blog poetry, and learning all the time. Thank you for the chance to read this.

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  22. Sends a shiver down my spine....

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  23. A yearning that stays with us..lovely!

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  24. ein "russisches" Gedicht, wirklich sehr schön und tiefgründig.
    Renée

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  25. I like this artwork. Don't know what the artist intended, but I like the YI and bowling balls juxtaposed. I suppose we see what we want to see.

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  26. You never disappoint, Friko. A lovely piece. And I share the interest in the topsy-turvy grammar.....¡ ! ¡ !

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  27. Very nice, Friko. I especially liked,
    "A perfect fragment
    In a perfect square
    Of time itself.."

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  28. This is wonderful. I came up with nothing for this Magpie - Maybe I was trying too hard. After my first attempt I was so excited but this week just a bit fat zero. Yours is sweet and thoughtful.

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