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I wrote a poem one day.
I wrote a poem at sunrise
struggling to give form to
the perfection
of that moment.
The stillness,
tints of blue and gold
illuminating the walls.
The steam rising from a cup
of tea.
The soft sounds of a city
stirring.
I wrote to stop time.
To remember.
To stay suspended
between imagination and reality.
Hmm question what age is half way through life? I enjoyed your poem, how you talk about wanting to still time, hold the moment. I think poetry and writing about the moments in life and wanting to captive them.
ReplyDeleteHi Annie! I'm 49; if I live to be 100 I guess I'm about halfway through. I probably won't though, so I'm probably closer to... a little over halfway?
DeleteThanks so much for your comment on the poem! I agree about poetry striving to hold moments in life. Some of them are just too fleeting! I also think that poetry strives to distill the essence of feeling in life's moments, which can be elusive.
What a delightful first poem. :) I really loved these lines:
ReplyDelete"I wrote to stop time.
To remember.
To stay suspended
between imagination and reality."
It totally captures the essence of why we write. :)
Thank you! I wish I could find the poem I wrote that day, I remember I really liked it.
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