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It takes more than 15 minutes to count to one thousand..........
Now imagine, if you will,
Each and every single, solitary one
Of those small, split-second slivers of time
Lasting 24 hours, end-to-end, in a line:
A thousand days worth of ceaseless working,
A thousand nights of worthless wondering.
That’s how long it’s been, it’s been.
That’s how long a thousand days seem.
Remember, remember when the war with Iraq
Was going to be one, decisive attack,
With the lads all home safe for Christmas victorious;
When some believed in a Blair still glorious,
And Brown was a colour - not a successor colourless?
One hundred or more soldier-lifetimes ago,
One can hardly believe that it was ever so.
That’s how long it’s been, it’s been.
That’s what a thousand days really mean.
For one thousand and one nights Sheherezhade spun
The tales with which her freedom was won.
For one thousand days Queen Anne Boelyn sought
To keep her head, but all came to naught.
One thousand days. One thousand nights
Surely time enough to set to rights.
One thousand days since you’ve shown your face:
Happy Birthday number 19, Grace.
Tony Jolley
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Lisa Deer (11/24/2008 5:20:00 AM)
Well, I wanted to write something smart and aclever..but hey! It's me! ! So I'll out what I felt reading your poem..sadness and beauty. 10 |
Joseph Josephides (9/25/2008 8:54:00 AM)
Well designed poem, with clear meanings, nicely crafted. Einstein, could love also this poem, because, dear Tony Jolley, you play with the 4th dimension, the time, plus with the expectations against ceaseless working, and worthless wondering.
The poem stands above the politicians' dreams and promises. I give it a 10. Bravo!
Joseph Josephides
Member of the International Society of Poets (ISP) Intern.Library of Poetry awarded |
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