Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Hourglass


Try to stop the falling grains of time
As they slip through your fingers
This past you cannot change
The words unspoken
Deeds undone
What if
With a flip
What sowing of joy
Would leave no regrets
Coating the past with golden dust
That shines forward into a future day?



Written for dVerse




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16 comments:

  1. SusanJanuary 1, 2019 at 3:02 PM

    LOVE THIS!!!!

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  2. Glenn ButtkusJanuary 1, 2019 at 3:55 PM

    Get me one of those flip switches, for I need a redo--and perhaps 2019 itself will prove to be the cornucopia of change and barrels of white light; I could dig it.

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  3. Frank HubenyJanuary 1, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    I like that shining golden dust of time coming from the past and going into the future.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 1, 2019 at 4:09 PM

    Omg so creative! and the shape of an hour glass! awesomeness!

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  5. Maggie CJanuary 1, 2019 at 4:31 PM

    Oooh... this is really creative. I like the notion of flipping the time glass to move forward.

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  6. GraceJanuary 1, 2019 at 5:06 PM

    Love the shaped hourglass of time. I too would love to flip the past with golden dust.

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  7. WaltermarksJanuary 1, 2019 at 5:32 PM

    I need to flip the switch, before the sands of time pour out. That's great inspiration!

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  8. GinaJanuary 1, 2019 at 9:03 PM

    the hourglass shape of the poem adds to constricting feel of a choice

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  9. MishJanuary 1, 2019 at 9:26 PM

    Perspective is everything! We might as well embrace all of it. Love the hourglass shape.

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  10. Jade LiJanuary 1, 2019 at 10:02 PM

    Who is to say but food for thought. Nicely done and love the shape.

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  11. Kim M. RussellJanuary 2, 2019 at 12:36 AM

    A great shape to fit the content! I love that grains that slip through shine
    forward into a future day.

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  12. indybevJanuary 2, 2019 at 9:12 AM

    I love the hourglass presentation and the idea of a flip!

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  13. brudbergJanuary 2, 2019 at 11:24 AM

    Time is the slipping of sand

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  14. Merril D. SmithJanuary 2, 2019 at 12:11 PM

    How clever to do an hourglass for this!
    And if only we could have this: "Coating the past with golden dust
    That shines forward into a future day?"

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  15. robkistnerJanuary 2, 2019 at 2:13 PM

    Great SG, I love concrete poems... HNY 2019

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  16. Lona GyntJanuary 12, 2019 at 8:05 AM

    FLIP THIS BEAUTIFUL GLASS!!! This is so well done. Part of the fun is this is both a lovely shape poem AND a really great reverse poem. If you read the lines in reverse it works really well. When I do that I change “that” in the last/first line to “What”
    “What shines forth into the beautiful day”. Gives further poignant substance to the message that you cannot change the past, but you can change how you see the past. Perfect use of the prompt. An actual timepiece on the dVerse trail. 💜

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