Poetry: Has time slipped away? 9 Articles

by Geoffrey Schmitt

One hundred five and still alive

Alert clear headed how she thrives

One wonders how she spends her days

While all that time has slipped away

December 1999

the clock stood still wouldn't cross the line

but blink your eye

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by Bridget Webber

While toil lends time,

Joy steals it, whipping it around corners

Like a wind over a landscape,

Speeding through life's moments.

When engrossed we sip wine

In fluted glasses,

Turning to find the bottle empty

Before we have had

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by Adam Smith

Has Time Slipped Away?

Truly is it gone?

Am I now in a place

Where I don't really belong?

How do I get back?

Or should I just move on

I need to make the right choice

So often am I wrong

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by Roger Rudder

Over space,

time began.

At this time:

good morning,

good afternoon,

it is twilight, goodbye.

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by Melody Bish

They hold their candles but say they cannot see me;

They ask me for the truth - I tell - they don't believe me;

And everybody wants much more from me these days than I'm prepared to give

Don't want to step on toes - Can't you

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by Adele Cyka

You held my hand tight

Promised that you'd see me grow old,

You walked away, distantly

And with your cherished kiss, you returned.

For months and years we yearned

For a lifetime of togetherness.

Every day, every month, every

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by Melissa Miles McCarter

Not enough hours in the day

When depressed, the hours drag on

But now, almost in the blank spaces of normalcy,

I recognize the subjectivity of time,

sort of longing for the sped up reality of mania.

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