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About This Poem

TIME

Time is yesterdays tomorrow, tomorrows yesterday, grasped for and then lost
We fight for it and attain it, then waste it, only then to find out what it really cost.

Entry for Contest sponsored By: Black Eyed Susan

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  1. Bagnall Avatar
    Nick Bagnall
    Date: 9/18/2012 5:55:00 AM
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    All I can say is that the moment you wrote this was not wasted, really very good.
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 9/6/2012 3:12:00 PM
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    DEEP!!! I see why she chose it in a top win!! Congrast, mandy.
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    Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
    Date: 9/6/2012 2:47:00 PM
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    Excellent couplet, Mandy! Belated congrats on your win! Hugs, Rhonda
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    DEBRA FALGOUT
    Date: 9/5/2012 8:09:00 PM
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    I really enjoyed your poem, congrats on your win, love debra
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 9/5/2012 7:23:00 PM
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    Mandy, congratulations, with your awesome couplets in Susan's "Time - single rhyming couplet contest " I really am enjoying many of her winners... good night~PD
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    Kim Merryman
    Date: 9/5/2012 5:24:00 PM
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    Very perceptive, Mandy! Congrats on your 2nd place win! Love, Kim
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    Cynthia Alvez
    Date: 9/5/2012 4:17:00 PM
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    Congratulations! Fabulous entry on time. Cynthia
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    Carol Sunshine Brown
    Date: 9/5/2012 6:55:00 AM
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    Congratulations on your win in Susan's "Time" contest GG. Love, Carol
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    nette onclaud
    Date: 9/4/2012 10:20:00 PM
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    beautiful words of wisdom, mandy.. congrats in your super win!..:) huggs!
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    olusegun Arowolo
    Date: 9/4/2012 4:56:00 PM
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    Excellent and wonderful write,Mandy.Nice couplet.Congratulations on your win..
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    Vicky Tsiluma
    Date: 9/4/2012 11:26:00 AM
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    Congrats Mandy! A true gem!
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    apoorva patrikar
    Date: 9/4/2012 10:33:00 AM
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    a well deserved win. ..
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    Becca Lucas
    Date: 9/4/2012 9:09:00 AM
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    Thank you for your note, and congratulations to you as well! I love this poem you've written. The words are so true.
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    yasmin khan
    Date: 9/4/2012 8:20:00 AM
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    congratulations Mandy on a superb win.,
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    harry horsman
    Date: 9/4/2012 8:08:00 AM
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    congrats this is a beauty.

    horsman Avatar harry horsman Date: 9/4/2012 8:09:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    soup mail,
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    Joseph May
    Date: 9/4/2012 8:02:00 AM
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    congrats on your win Mandy... nicely written
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    DON JOHNSON
    Date: 8/27/2012 10:55:00 PM
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    so what we never did today, will never be but thats ok, perhaps to do tomorrow, hey...
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    yasmin khan
    Date: 8/27/2012 7:41:00 PM
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    so very true Mands,well ,I will check the contest but you did a great entry,the way it has to be done...you know you got a great sense of humor...

    Tams The Golden Girl Avatar Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Date: 8/27/2012 7:43:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Thanks yasmin you are a pal xx
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    Erich Goller
    Date: 8/27/2012 7:56:00 AM
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    Time is precious. a very wise expressed poem, Thanks for sharing it, God bless you. Hugs!Erich
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    harry horsman
    Date: 8/27/2012 6:48:00 AM
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    love the philosophy Mandy and the sentiment. soup mail
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    Mystic Rose
    Date: 8/26/2012 6:59:00 PM
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    Wisdom out of the bottle, enjoyed, love vie
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    Debbie Guzzi
    Date: 8/26/2012 5:35:00 PM
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    So true we are of a mind! Light & Love
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    ilene bauer
    Date: 8/26/2012 5:07:00 PM
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    very perceptive! i like it!
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    jack horne
    Date: 8/26/2012 12:11:00 PM
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    wow, I just love this one, Mandy. Many congrats on your wins : )
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    Joann Grisetti
    Date: 8/26/2012 12:09:00 PM
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    Time does cost us, sometimes more than we may be willing to pay. Best of luck in the contest.


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