Elaine George Poet Rubaiyat

The Book of Life

It seems that time...is calling out my name
As raindrops beat ..upon the windowpanes
While scanning through the pages...of my life
In a book...where empty pages...still remain

What, I ask?...will be the final ending
So many pages...so in need...of mending 
Now...with so little time to write the wrongs
And find a title...for a cover pending

Tattered pages...the story of my life
A beaten trail...of harmony and strife
A tale...more strange then fiction...in reflection
With paper pages...cutting deeper...than a knife 

So many pages...yellowed by the years
Words lost in faded ink...and salty tears
As I read...and re-read...each page again
With voices...from the past...ringing in my ears

For years...I put these pages...on a shelf
This endless quest for truth...to know myself
Went on to write...so many poems of love
And a book for children...all about an elf

The past...I thought...I'd finally put to rest
Thought I'd finally sent those demons...to their death
But a restless wind...keeps calling out my name
To write the ending...before my dying breath

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Andrea Dietrich March 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM Beautiful and elegant. That's just how you write. Looks like this was three years ago. I hope you put up many more now

Aparajita Bhattacharjee March 10, 2024 at 7:11 AM The lines are so captivating that they stir the inner core forcing us to ask 'What are we doing with our precious life?'

Valsa George January 16, 2023 at 8:13 AM I can only exclaim 'Wow' ! What a heartfelt writing, Elaine! "So many pages...yellowed by the years/ Words lost in faded ink...and salty tears". These lines clutch at my heart strings. Glad I could read this. This goes into my FAVE.

Barbara Barry-Nishanian July 8, 2022 at 11:33 PM "Pages in need of mending" on and on and on, you wow me with your play with words. Fantastic no wonder you were selected for the honor given you. Stay safe and well. Elaine George September 22, 2022 at 10:52 AM Sorry for taking so long to reply to your much appreciated comment, dear Barbara.

Beryl Edmonds June 25, 2022 at 1:31 PM Absolutely wonderful Elaine, enjoyed the read immensely. I read it top to bottom and bottom to top, both ways it’s an excellent write of the story of your life… Belle Elaine George September 22, 2022 at 10:56 AM So Sorry for taking so long to reply to your much appreciated comment, dear Belle.

Robertina B. June 23, 2022 at 11:14 AM Wow Elaine, I really enjoyed your creativity! Excellent write.. Your talent shines, dear poetess.. Belated congratulations on your win! Many blessings..

Sara Kendrick June 22, 2022 at 6:34 AM I enjoyed reading this one. Since when we leave this world, we won't be able to follow up on what happens from then forward, we can never know what influences our life really had on it. Your presentation of the idea in this work was outstanding. Sara

Mystic Rose Rose June 14, 2022 at 1:33 PM Your poem is outstanding, personally I believe it should have rated much higher, Thankyou for sharing your talent, and congrats, :) Elaine George June 16, 2022 at 4:51 PM Thank you so much for your very kind, much appreciated comments, Rose.

William Kelii Kekaula June 13, 2022 at 12:34 PM A beautifully thorough rendering, Elaine, that is truly touching, and my compliments on your win, also, I am grateful for your visit my friend, Aloha~William Elaine George June 13, 2022 at 10:25 PM Thank you, Hilo.

Janice Canerdy June 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM Elaine, CONGRATS on your win with this vividly expressive poem about those blank pages we still want to fill! Janice Elaine George June 13, 2022 at 10:26 PM Thank you, Janice.

Beata Agustin June 13, 2022 at 8:09 AM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... so wisdom-filled. God bless you. Elaine George June 13, 2022 at 10:26 PM Thank you so much Beata.

Connie Marcum Wong June 9, 2022 at 1:28 AM Your poem captures how so many of us feel as the winter years approach. I was able to relate to every line in this marvelously expressed Rubaiyat. I hope you are writing a book of your poetry and I hope this poem will be in it. I am Faving it my friend. Blessings xxoo Elaine George June 13, 2022 at 4:05 AM Thank you so much, Connie. I am currently working on a book of poems...a teaching tool entitled " The art of Poetry" which I will be teaching in late summer.

Rico Leffanta June 7, 2022 at 11:54 AM Well done and enjoyed! Aloha! Elaine George June 8, 2022 at 3:29 AM Thank Rico, the D is gone.

Vijay Pandit June 7, 2022 at 10:27 AM A FAVE from me for your Rubaiyat--lovely tone and flow, Elaine. Your life story resonates in this form. Keep writing--ignore the restless winds. Elaine George June 8, 2022 at 3:32 AM Thank you so much, Vijay. This mean so much to me.