Tuesday, April 6, 2010

25 Minutes To Go Comments

Rating: 3.4

They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
I got 25 minutes to go.

And in 25 minutes I'll be in Hell.
I got 24 minutes to go.
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Shel Silverstein
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Burbach 26 March 2022

To much swearing hs haha

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Sylvia Frances Chan 10 July 2021

Congratulations being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Now rereading this amazing poem by Shell Silverstein I still regard this as amazing as first.5 Stars full on Top for this poem full of humoristic tints, brilliant!

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Lyn Paul 09 July 2021

Excellent write. There was a hope.

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Chinedu Dike 09 July 2021

A free flight of creativity on winged imagination, a beautiful creation...

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this made me crazy 22 April 2021

yes

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SY Wong... 28 March 2021

In such situation, would i still be able to think of writing, a poem..

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Deluke Muwanigwa 27 March 2021

Reading and giggling is what i was doing. Great macabre humour.

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Bharati Nayak 27 March 2021

Powerful poetry, chosen for Poem of the Day ---Congratulations!

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Bharati Nayak 27 March 2021

I could not read to the end because the feelings portrayed about the man going for gallows are so powerful that they overwhelmed me

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Sylvia Frances Chan 27 March 2021

Congratulations with the Modern Poem Of The Day.. Brilliant and hilarious creation, fantastically worded!

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Dr Antony Theodore 09 December 2020

And it's too damned pretty for a man to die. i got 2 more minutes to go I can hear the buzzards... hear the crows. 1 more minute to go. And now I'm swingin' and here I gooooooooo.... it is terrible. i fell into the emotions. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 22 September 2020

And it's too damned pretty for a man to die. i got 2 more minutes to go I can hear the buzzards... hear the crows. 1 more minute to go. A great poem of imagination. tony

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Delores Westbrook 14 July 2020

He is timing himself to the minute.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 20 June 2019

A great poem that requires a nerve and courage even to read. And the farewell.....!

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Bernard F. Asuncion 24 February 2019

A nerve-racking poem like a horrible scene in the movie...... Great poem by Shel Silverstein.....

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M Asim Nehal 24 February 2019

I see a candle; s story plummeting by burning inside and slowly and gradually moving towards the end. A fantastic poem with a philosophical undertone.

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Brian Taylor 24 February 2019

This is a very well written poem. I like the rhythmic flow of minutes to go.

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Anil Kumar Panda 24 February 2019

As i go on step after step i feel as if the noose is tightening around my neck. Such a wonderful poem. seems so real. Thanks for sharing.

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Rajnish Manga 24 February 2019

I read it in two minutes but it looks like days hanging for days together. What a suspense! Thanks.

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 February 2019

every moment here, is crawling towards the final destination the DEATH!

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