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Sands of Time

A t   f i r s t,   a   l a z i l y   f l o w i n g   r i v e r
Timeless warm glow of a summer’s day
In  love  with  the  world’s  vibrancy
Inaudible,        clock        ticking
Safe in seeming endlessness
Each   day   a   lifetime
Some wished away
Years     accrue
Time’s grains
Fall
Flow
Faster
Sweet life full
Moments precious
A  n  t  i  c  i  p  a  t  e  d
milestones fly past, too fast
Children’s   years   wax   eternal
While     ours     accelerate    quickly
Scenery   outside   the   train’s   window
Ever   more   beautiful,   yet   blurring,  faster

7/13/16
© Thomas W. Quigley

Copyright © Tom Quigley | Year Posted 2016

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Carole Duet Date: 5/29/2017 2:21:00 PM Amazing poem...and so true. And a new FAV for me! Login to Reply

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 8/10/2016 6:37:00 PM I do like your poem I gave a number 1 Login to Reply

Miltos Gitas Date: 7/29/2016 4:22:00 PM Fantastic poem... congratulations. Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/29/2016 8:51:00 PM Thank you, Miltos!

Kim Merryman Date: 7/27/2016 8:04:00 PM Tom, this is an excellent double etheree! The shape came out beautifully. Well done! I see you made POTD. Congrats! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/27/2016 8:17:00 PM Thank you, Kim!

Tom Arnone Date: 7/26/2016 7:12:00 PM Tom, is this the etheree you were going to enter? Why the spaces? Slowing down time -- but, harder to read. :-) Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/26/2016 11:34:00 PM Thanks or reading! Not for contest. This was a double; contest was single. Spacing for the shape.

Daniel Turner Date: 7/25/2016 8:00:00 AM I must have missed this one Tom Belated congratulations on POTD. It seems to me that for some of us the sand falls faster and still yet some hourglasses are smaller. Doesn't seem quite fair. But then again fair is a place one goes to ride a ferris wheel! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/26/2016 11:33:00 PM Thank you, Daniel!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/18/2016 3:29:00 PM excellent double etheree, tom. I love this form AND the topic you chose for it. Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/22/2016 3:20:00 AM Thank you, Andrea!

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 7/17/2016 7:52:00 AM A marvel of an Etheree of visual and meaningful perfection no wonder it won! Congratulations dear Tom! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/17/2016 7:38:00 PM Thanks, Demetrios!

Viv Wigley Date: 7/17/2016 12:28:00 AM Terrific, Tom- Love the increase in tempo in the bottom half of the glass, as real sand seems to do.'Children's years wax eternal' - yes, those long summer holidays as a child, now replaced with fleet footed months. A great pOTD, well done. Regards, Viv Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/17/2016 7:08:00 AM Thank you, Viv!

Sara Kendrick Date: 7/16/2016 12:31:00 PM Enjoyed reading your work..These double Etherees work wonderfully as an hour glass..Yes, time flows and it is important how we use each second..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/17/2016 7:08:00 AM Thank you, Sara!

Charlie Smith Date: 7/16/2016 8:49:00 AM Blurring faster...congratulations Tom, well deserved honors... Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/17/2016 7:07:00 AM Thank you, Charlie!

Arthur Vaso Date: 7/15/2016 10:36:00 PM Congrats on POTD, you wont believe it but I am reading a novel by the same name now! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:39:00 AM Thanks, Arthur! Watch out for those Quiggelses! I'm a one-time wannabe novelist myself.

Jeanette Woods Date: 7/15/2016 8:11:00 PM I love the waxing and waning feel of this piece. Just like time speeds and slows down, and we can feel it falling , falling. Also the fact that it's gorgeously crafted in shape. Top notch! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:36:00 AM Thanks, Jeanette!

Chris Hagy Date: 7/15/2016 7:19:00 PM Brilliantly crafted for eyes and mind! Congrats. Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:35:00 AM Thank you, Chris!

Alexis Y. Date: 7/15/2016 7:08:00 PM Hi Tom, This was so creative. I enjoyed the flow and content.Congratulations on getting the poem of the day!It was well deserved. Enjoy the honor:-) Alexis Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:35:00 AM Thank you, Alexis!

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 7/15/2016 6:27:00 PM I like the way you use the blurring scene out of the train window to express fleeting time of adulthood. This poem is outstanding Thomas and very deserving of POTD! Congratulations! 7 ; ) Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:35:00 AM Thank you, Connie!

Jan Allison Date: 7/15/2016 5:31:00 PM what wonderful lines Tom great shape poem and congrats on POTD:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:34:00 AM Thank you, Jan!

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 7/15/2016 3:47:00 PM - Great shape and lovely poem Tom - I congratulate you with p.o.t.d. ! - Happy weekend - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:34:00 AM Thanks, Anne-Lise!

Kurt Philip Behm Date: 7/15/2016 12:46:00 PM Love these lines Thomas ... "Children’s years wax eternal While ours accelerate..." Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:34:00 AM Thanks, Kurt!

Sandra Haight Date: 7/15/2016 9:06:00 AM Back again, Tom, to congratulate you on your amazing poem being honored as Poem Of The Day! Sandra Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:33:00 AM Thank you, Sandra!

Gary Bateman Date: 7/15/2016 8:57:00 AM Hello Tom, Congrats on the POTD honor!! A superb Etheree for sure. Best Wishes, Gary Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:33:00 AM Thanks, Gary!

Sara Chansarkar Date: 7/15/2016 8:22:00 AM Superb piece Tom,congratulations! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:33:00 AM Thank you, Sara!

Kim Merryman Date: 7/14/2016 10:12:00 PM This is wonderful, Tom! I like how you formatted your words to form an hour glass. Well done! Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/16/2016 6:33:00 AM Thanks, Kim!

Sandra Haight Date: 7/14/2016 9:38:00 AM Tom, you have captured the beginning and passing and maturity of life so well in your visual 'hourglass' as well your well-chosen words. I love the way those words in your first and last lines..."lazily flowing...versus "blurring faster" sum it up. How true...A 7 and favorite for me. Sandra Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/14/2016 9:38:00 PM Thanks so much, Sandra! Glad you liked.

Winged Warrior Date: 7/13/2016 10:01:00 PM Well put and executed my friend Tom...enjoyed...god bless...^WW^ Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/14/2016 6:42:00 AM Thanks, WW!

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