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A Sure Thing

Today's speeding past-- And after? No "today" will last! Another poem written for a contest, requiring a "Carpe Diem" of 3 lines, syllable count 5-3-5.

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Xuefeng Pan

Date: 8/28/2019 11:30:00 PM

Every day is today, isn't it?

J P Marmaro
Date: 8/29/2019 12:05:00 PM

Indeed so-- but only so long as we are here to perceive it as such, which is the point I wished to make.

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/21/2019 12:08:00 PM

Very well done...no today will last...

J P Marmaro
Date: 8/29/2019 12:06:00 PM

Many thanks, Arturo. And yes-- it is a cosmic irony that the only thing that is truly permanent is impermanence itself. Even Spacetime will come to an end.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/18/2019 5:37:00 PM

Love this, J.P.!

J P Marmaro
Date: 7/20/2019 3:49:00 PM

Thanks for your kind comment, Kim! (Although I think designating "Carpe Diem" as a "form" is misleading, since in reality the poem can be in any form --that is, have any architecture, so to speak -- but must have a consistent theme ["Eat, drink, and be merry..."]-- hence it is rather more a "genre", wouldn't you agree?) Anyhow-- thanks again!