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For the 'Poetry Comes in All Kinds of Shape' Poetry Contest of Vanya Evengaline

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The Magic Hourglass

April's come and gone. Now May is here; the grains in the hourglass have already started sifting down. Dew is on the roses. Days of linking daisies will soon begin. Transparent skies of night will show constellations when the fire-breathing dragon comes to freckle school-sprung children, who baring skin, will run with glee through sprinklers. Soon enough the kids will be tumbling in leaves fallen from the trees of their back yards, and then following bright autumn's demise, the filtering of seasons' sand quickens till every grain has drifted like snow, burying another year. May is on her way; again the hourglass, like magic, is turned over.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 12/1/2020 6:24:00 AM
Good shape and idea. Those years do swiftly pass by but when we are in the middle of them it doesn't seem that they are passing so fast. Congrats on your winner. Sara
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Date: 11/30/2020 11:11:00 PM
This is such a beauty, in shape and content. Congrats on your win ~ John
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Date: 11/29/2020 9:17:00 PM
Lovely shape and story line, dear Andrea. Many congrats ! ~ Elaine
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Date: 11/29/2020 11:25:00 AM
Lovely words in an hourglass shape, very clever Andrea, congratulations on your winning entry in the contest... Belle
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Date: 11/29/2020 11:21:00 AM
- Congratulations on your win in the "SHAPE UP" contest, Andrea :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 11/29/2020 10:57:00 AM
Magical and mesmerizing as watching sand slip from one end of the hourglass to the other my friend! Congratulations on your win!
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Date: 11/29/2020 7:06:00 AM
I can see magic in this lovely piece, Andrea!! Congratulations on your placement!!
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Date: 11/29/2020 5:33:00 AM
great imagery through your words, great shape as well... congratulations on your win! hugs
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Date: 7/10/2017 4:56:00 PM
Just saw this on the Poetry Art page and I thought it was lovely so I looked it up.
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Date: 8/7/2015 10:09:00 AM
love the hourglass design well done Andrea. love phyl
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Date: 6/15/2015 10:16:00 AM
I love both the visual and what it represents. Excellent, Kind Rgds, Laura
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Date: 6/5/2015 7:07:00 AM
Guess it's catch up time for me Andrea, i never know now a days about time,,but i know i'll enjoy poems of yours which i will read...pity i didn't a anthology of your work from day one, that's what i would call a piece of heaven..oh love this by the way...
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Date: 5/30/2015 6:03:00 PM
Well I love the hourglass, and the seasons it brings ;)
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Date: 5/30/2015 5:46:00 PM
What a brilliant artful beauty this piece is - in shape, imagery, and articulation! Just simply magical! Congratulations! Pandita
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Date: 5/30/2015 1:40:00 PM
So filled with imagery, the visual sent me back to a time when life was vernal before the leaves turned brown. My hair is grey now, and all that's left, is the falling leaves. Love your poem very much my friend. Ken
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Date: 5/30/2015 10:12:00 AM
While reading this I felt the pitch of my voice get higher as I got to skinnier parts of the hourglass then come back to normal as I reached the end. Fun piece!
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Date: 5/25/2015 11:22:00 AM
As always your love of the seasons flows throughout your words. Love the hourglass shape that as Monterey says, "Enhance the words."
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Date: 5/25/2015 10:31:00 AM
Love the shape of this, enhancing the words. Your images are precious. I especially like "the filtering of season's sand..."
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Date: 5/24/2015 8:49:00 PM
I came by to read this gem again, so lovely Andrea!
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Date: 5/24/2015 3:20:00 PM
Andrea, Conrats on your awesome win @-> Always & Forever LINDA
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Date: 5/23/2015 4:25:00 PM
I love both the shape and content of this poem, Andrea. The imagery is striking and shows what you're not supposed to tell! Congratulations....a deserved fine win! // paul
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Date: 5/23/2015 9:00:00 AM
Congratulations. So glad this beauty is a winner.
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Date: 5/23/2015 8:46:00 AM
Very, very nice, Andrea len carber
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Date: 5/23/2015 4:25:00 AM
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LOVELY WIN, DEAR ANDREA!! THIS IS SO WONDERFUL!! :D :D
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Date: 5/22/2015 8:01:00 AM
#Andrea, Congs upon this well transcribed masterpiece. Hugs, Bryan
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