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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

August 28, 2019 at 11:30 PM

Every day is today, isn't it?

J P Marmaro

August 29, 2019 at 12:05 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

July 21, 2019 at 12:08 PM

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

J P Marmaro

August 29, 2019 at 12:06 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

July 18, 2019 at 5:37 PM

Love this, J.P.!

J P Marmaro

July 20, 2019 at 3:49 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!

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