Like us the year had life, was born and dies:
Its immediacy did not exist
Before we were born to sentience -
And all too soon will be dismissed.
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Loved the proverb. Congratulations and Seasons greetings to you.
A great poem here. new year for what it brings, a symphony in our ears.
As our past lives become the tales of old For youth, a new day breaks whose dawns are gold. EACH YEAR ONLY LIVES AN YEAR WE HUMANS LIVE A 100 MAXIMUM FEW JUMP KINDLY DO READ MY POEMS MOMS SMILES ALL LIKED
A wonderful poem with an important message of birth and death. Congratulations on POD. : -)
Very balanced assessment of the year that is about to be a part of history. Thanks & Congrats.
Well done and appropriate for the season. I particularly like the rhyming couplet at the end.
Rise and fall, Life and death, Muse of mankind on earth! ! Seasons and reasons; Waiting for 2020. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Looking forward, looking back - stand steady On how time turns and takes back what it gives But mark its profligacy make ready A promised newness that revivifies. Reflections and wisdom. tony
Departure always asks us what was done -/And what's revealed - and what you cannot tell -/And now the year itself is passing on/Its muted questions mar farewell.....pragmatic expression! Many congratulations for this beautiful poem being featured as Poem of the Day!
beautiful Proverb- Let mine be the setting sun Yours is the dawning of a new day.///
Looking forward, looking back - stand steady On how time turns and takes back what it gives But mark its profligacy make ready A promised newness that revivifies. /// beautiful poem, beautiful expression at the end of 2019
It's good to see Maori used in an English poem. End of year, New Year are different for young and old people.
So much captured in this meaningful write. Happy New Year.