The Pages Turn

The rain, it rains.
The snow, it snows.
Each season comes;
Each season goes.

The pages turn,
The years slip by,
While people live
And people die.

It’s never changed
And never will,
Yet poets do
Describe it, still.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Krutsinger Avatar
December 30, 2022 at 10:54 PM
Poets have a way of making things new over and over
Borke Avatar
December 19, 2022 at 9:04 AM
So simple, so good
Wolf Avatar
December 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM
I like the economy of words in this profound write, Ilene. Bravo, Gershon
Andresen Avatar
December 16, 2022 at 1:44 PM
- So true, Ilene ... life in a nutshell :) - hugs
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