Sit and watch a kettle boil
time goes slowly by
Divert attention for a second
and the kettle has run dry
When young and there's expectation waiting for a birthday celebration
time passes slowly, days are long and very drawn
But when decades of maturity fills the urn, there's lesser time between those celebratory days
it doesn't seem so long since the days that one was born
When one is very young around the age of six or ten
all the eighteen year old youth, appear as very mature adult men
And now the coin has flipped, with eighty not too far away, girls of age, seen as early to mid twenties
they are often, somewhere around early forties, mature aged women
And now a self posed question? Would we have the same time perception
with all this artificial human time, milliseconds, seconds, minutes,
hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, millenniums
Does all this time segmentation somehow promote deception ??
COVID will vary
there are those who do carry
even on ferry
How is that for a Horn Haiku
Some days I have a Wheaties breakfast
With strawberries and milk; I love the way it turns pink.
Other days I am in a hot warm cupcake sort of mood.
I warm one up in the microwave and add frosting.
I once ate cold pepperoni pizza for breakfast; that was interesting.
I have also had corn pancakes with syrup,
peanut butter and banana pancakes.
I have eaten bacon, ham, and beef for breakfast.
Some days I have a ham salad sandwich for breakfast
with sweet bread and butter pickles.
More later.
I am going to have one of those right now…..
Birds do have various sizes and shapes;
Black ones appear to be wearing capes;
Both loud and shrill,
From my window sill;
Eventually each one into air escapes.
Jim Horn
Mary
hairy
Harry
nary
marry
Mary
Harry
vary
marry
Jerry
Jerry
cherry
Harry
merry
Hairy
Jerry
very
fairy
This is a poem I just wrote for Veterans Day Meeting to be held at
RiverSea Clubhouse in Bolivia, NC on November 8th, 2014 from two
to three-thirty.
Veterans from Groups That Vary
Being a Veteran is what we desired,
From day we entered until retired;
For missions us they did select
From all fear and enemies to protect.
Even if in uniform or civilian clothes
Veterans we are and everyone knows
Perfect posture with shoulders drawn back
To dusk from new dawn's early crack.
Example for others have tried to set
Outside when dry or might be wet
At funeral of friend who was a comrade
Which was attended by mom and dad.
Bugle starts to sound TAPS in the air
For concerned veterans who always do care,
While here today when we all now meet;
America, no one will be able to defeat.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran
Copyright © 2015 James Horn
The spirit of the town
has its own songs.
Under the colonnades
light of the past
is breaking forth.
Cobbled pavements
-clear–
blend with
the presence.
Over old roofs
lingers music
from Dvorák Park,
with tiny steps
a new time
is moving on.
Die Gedanken der Stadt
haben ihre eigenen Lieder.
Unter den Kolonnaden
bricht sich das Licht
der Vergangenheit.
Kopfsteinpflaster
-ungetrübt–
verschmilzt mit der
Gegenwart.
Über den alten Dächers
schwebt Musik
aus dem Dvorák Park,
in kleinen Schritten
bewegt sich
die neue Zeit.
Los pensamientos de la ciudad
tienen sus propias canciones.
Bajo sus soportales
la luz del pasado se refracta.
El adoquinado sin deslustrar,
funde con el presente.
A través de los antiguos techos
flota la música
del parque de Dvorak,
en pequeños pasos,
está moviendo la nueva era.
Karlovy Vary
(Czech Republic)
The thoughts of the town
sing their songs.
Under the colonnades
light of the past
is breaking forth.
Cobbled pavements
-clear–
blend with
the presence.
Over old roofs
lingers musik
from Dvorak Park,
with tiny steps
a new time
is moving on.
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