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Through the Hourglass:

I watch the sand through the hourglass, Go slipping by so fast, Through time and space I see your face, Wearing just another mask.

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Darren White

Date: 6/25/2017 4:41:00 AM

Just have to comment again, and say it's one of your very best poems and I am going to put it in the crane bag ;)

White Wolf
Date: 6/25/2017 4:46:00 AM

Haha, thanks, my friend! /|\

Sandra Haight

Date: 5/19/2017 3:22:00 PM

White Wolf, congratulations on your podium win for this poem that images so much in so few words. 7 Sandra

Anisha Dutta

Date: 5/19/2017 12:58:00 PM

Big congrats to win top on this nice piece

Agnes Krampe

Date: 1/13/2017 7:19:00 PM

Congrats on your win, White Wolf. Lots of deep meaning in so few lines, and enough left over to let the reader interpret. Nicely done. Agnes

White Wolf
Date: 1/13/2017 9:31:00 PM

Thank you, Agnes /|\

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/13/2017 6:34:00 PM

You have said so much, so well, in so few words! Congrats on your win. Janice

White Wolf
Date: 1/13/2017 9:30:00 PM

Thank you /|\

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 12/23/2016 4:47:00 AM

Very good...especially the surprise, but all too often real, ending. Congratulations on your well deserved 3rd place win.

White Wolf
Date: 12/23/2016 5:04:00 AM

Thank you very much, Dane /|\

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 12/17/2016 10:35:00 PM

Very cryptic ending, Rick. Your poetic versatility shines in this poem. Strong emotions and timeless emotional bond. Very well written poem, nicely done. Love and more love to you and yours.

White Wolf
Date: 12/17/2016 10:39:00 PM

Thanks once again RW! Have a great weekend my friend! /|\

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/16/2016 9:27:00 PM

I love a short one like this full of meaning, Rick and what the heck is vogon?

White Wolf
Date: 12/16/2016 11:05:00 PM

Haha, vogon is the third-worst poetry in the universe! /|\

Eve Roper

Date: 12/16/2016 8:48:00 PM

Very good, Rick, the sands of time , but changing as we turn the hourglass around for a new life progress Hugs :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/16/2016 3:22:00 AM

- One human can have many masks .... uncertainties and fake ....or is it the "truthful mask" (?) - Great written, Rick - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Darren White

Date: 12/16/2016 2:11:00 AM

For me it is a different mask, every time your hourglass empties. I like it how everyone reading your poem may have a different interpretation.

White Wolf
Date: 12/16/2016 2:18:00 AM

Yes, the hourglass represents eternity and every life we enter into we wear a different face! That's what I was thinking when I wrote it anyway! /|\

Chris Green

Date: 12/15/2016 11:01:00 AM

The thing is you can take that mask wearing face once the sand runs out and turn it upside down, and start the entire process over again. And the good thing is, if it was frowning, now it will be smiling. Very deep Rick, didn't mean to clown it up. This piece made me think.

Paloma P

Date: 12/15/2016 5:59:00 AM

Sounds like the pretense of shifting sand, much food for thought here Rick.

White Wolf
Date: 12/15/2016 6:04:00 AM

I like to hear that! Poetry is just as much for the mind as it is for the heart! Which you excel in /|\

Probir Gupta

Date: 12/15/2016 5:25:00 AM

Nicely expressed ... a delight to read, pause and think, and return ...

White Wolf
Date: 12/15/2016 5:39:00 AM

All things orbit! Thanks, Probir /|\