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Time Keeps Moving Forward

At times we are on the bottom and other times , the top

No matter what we do, we cannot make time stop

Like this poem  with lines that read with a backward flow

I wish sometimes that backwards I could make time go

I know sometimes we stop and think about the good old days

Time keeps moving forward in each evanescent phase

Get busy and enjoy your life, for time does not wait

Things that happen to us – I believe they’re all our fate

No matter what we do, we cannot make time stop

Sometimes we’re on the bottom and other times, the top


Sept 3, 2018 for the "A Reversible Poem" Poetry Contest of  Jesse Rowe

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Sandra L. Weiss

Date: 10/2/2018 12:17:00 PM

Congrats on your win! This reads so easily, as a reversible. The sentiment is so true. A great poem.

Line Gauthier

Date: 9/25/2018 10:12:00 PM

Congrats on your win with this tricky challenge, Andrea.

Joseph May

Date: 9/9/2018 10:16:00 PM

Congrats on your win Andrea..

Dean Wood

Date: 9/9/2018 8:57:00 PM

Back to congratulate you on a well-deserved recognition. Your poem reads so smoothly both ways. Dean

Jesse Rowe

Date: 9/9/2018 4:53:00 PM

Andrea, this poem was a great take on, literally top to bottom vs. bottom to top. It had good cadence and meaning in both directions and was well- deserving of a top placement.

Sandra Haight

Date: 9/9/2018 4:16:00 PM

Andrea, such a perfect Couplet poem that reads so well in both directions! Congratulations on your fine placement! Hugs, Sandra

Wendy Watson

Date: 9/9/2018 4:10:00 PM

You're a better woman than me, Andrea! I wouldn't have known where to start with such a challenge and you've come up with this very clever and effective poem! Bravo!

Modupe Sefunmi

Date: 9/5/2018 2:17:00 AM

Wow, wow this is good. How I wish I could make time stop, if it is just for a day. I will attempt to write something on this theme and this reversible contest too. I am happy to be back again. Love.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/4/2018 5:33:00 PM

I feel the same way Andrea. Wish I could stop time. You did well with this entry. I am not sure I even understnd how to do it. : )

James Peranteau

Date: 9/4/2018 5:11:00 PM

Ryhme with the gift of wisdom for your fans..Inspiring dear poet ! Hope that you are delighted with your Summer Andrea....Much love, james

Matthew Anish

Date: 9/4/2018 4:43:00 PM

Reminds me of the Buffy St. Marie song with lyrics that go "go round and round and round in the circle game". Until someone invents a time machine that is how it is. Stimulating verse! How was Chicago? Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Sara Kendrick

Date: 9/4/2018 12:24:00 PM

Well, I don't know exactly the way that you mean for it to be read backwards maybe by the lines and not starting at the end word and going backwards??Reads like a good contender. Thanks for the visits to my p age. Sara

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/4/2018 2:57:00 PM

yes, he said to write it so line by line it could be read backward.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/4/2018 6:32:00 AM

A gorgeous reversible poem, Andrea, and not easy to do as I tried it myself. I emphacize the word tried.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 9/4/2018 3:16:00 AM

This is a wonderful reversible poem, Andrea:) I am still trying to write one:)

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 9/3/2018 9:52:00 PM

Excellent adage Andrea - time is everything and everything happens in time - great rhyme and flow - thank you Andrea - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham

Date: 9/3/2018 7:34:00 PM

Sadly it moves too quickly especially as you get older. Great reversable verse Andrea. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/3/2018 4:14:00 PM

Excellent reversible! We look at the past, present and future! Yes time is reversible in our minds...but not all of it.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 9/3/2018 3:05:00 PM

I'm reminded of that episode of either the, "Twilight Zone" or "Outer Limits" where in-between minutes, everything stopped and it showed uniformed workers changing things before the next minute began. A well done piece of poetry that I enjoyed.

Jennifer Walker

Date: 9/3/2018 2:34:00 PM

Great job.