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Precious Time

Time – I plan you out,
but you go so fast.
You’re going, then gone!
I can’t make you last!
Where do I go wrong?

Perhaps I’m called.
Then things get stalled
or forgotten,
which is rotten!

Precious time -
hang around
just because

I need
you   to . . .

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Jan. 11, 2021
for Caren Krutsinger's A Diminished Hexaverse Poetry Contest

timediminished hexaverse

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Elaine George

Date: 1/15/2021 3:08:00 AM

Yes! Time is a thief that has never been caught. lol! Sure to top the winner's list. ~ Elaine

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/13/2021 1:58:00 PM

That happens to me all the time. Someone will call and everything gets set aside and often forgotten. Great job for the contest Andrea. You are so wonderful at these difficult forms. Blessings xxoo

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 1/13/2021 5:43:00 AM

Andrea, you packed a lot into time spent on these neat little verses. Time not wasted.

Judy Ball

Date: 1/13/2021 1:41:00 AM

Ah when we got time we got no money and when we got money we got no time. (sigh) Great write. God Bless, JB

Quoth Theraven

Date: 1/12/2021 7:05:00 PM

Andrea, “Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” – John Lennon

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 1/12/2021 3:30:00 PM

Yep time is indeed elusive. Good luck on the contest Andrea. Hugs Rick.

Abdullah Alhemaidy

Date: 1/12/2021 12:39:00 PM

Time marches! Very nice read.

John Watt

Date: 1/12/2021 9:44:00 AM

"Where did the time go?" is said by me so often it should probably be written on my headstone some day, haha! Another great write, but this one especially resonates with me and the elusive nature of time. "Pause" is a great word to end this on!

Anitha Jayasankar

Date: 1/12/2021 2:10:00 AM

I can very well relate to this. 'You're going, then gone'... so true.. This is a lovely form... I wish to write in this Dimished Hexaverse form soon. This form has its own beauty as the syllables descend in tune to order of stanzas from top to bottom. GREAT work Andrea. Hugs ~ Ani