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For: G Forms - Grook Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France

Life Does Not Wait

Life does not wait for me 
to delay or to catch up,
it is flowing ever onward,
steady like a river it is said,
carrying seconds, minutes, hours,
days then years into the eternal sea;
life does not return for me,
like rain cycling round and round ~
I will soon come to river's end
then simply fade into a memory.
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La France Avatar
October 1, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Chetta, congratulations on your win in my Grook contest with this beautifully penned poem, I love the image, Constance
Kendrick Avatar
September 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations on your winning work in Constance's contest. Way to go. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. Sara K
Achara Avatar
September 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Thank you.
Goldsmith Avatar
August 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write. What a great picture you have here. You are so right, Life does not wait for anyone. Have a blessed day writing away...........
Achara Avatar
August 23, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Thank you.
Fowler Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Congratulations Chetta! :)
Achara Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Thank you.
Kauffman Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Lovely images that carry the message of your poem with its plaintive, melancholy about the passage of time and the place of man in it. Congratulations on your win! Blessings.
Achara Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Thank you.
May Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Very nicely penned, Congrats on your win
Achara Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thank you.
Rodrigues Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM
The truth of time. Congrats!
Achara Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Thank you.
mysore Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
back to congratulate on your win dear poet.
Achara Avatar
August 22, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Thank you.
mysore Avatar
August 11, 2024 at 2:41 AM
sad truth. written so very well dear poet. alarming.
Achara Avatar
August 11, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Thank you
Greenhough Avatar
August 10, 2024 at 7:17 PM
You live on in your poetry. Thank you for this reminder. It seems like cycle of life makes me dizzy.
Achara Avatar
August 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Yep. You are welcome.
Hind Avatar
August 10, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Very deep, but a lonely feeling
Achara Avatar
August 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Thank you.
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