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Some time ago, I read the Power of Now;
Except then,
It was Now,
Although Now with my pen,
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Note: One of the web sites I contributed to in the past was Webook.com. One day I saw a poem by a contributor called Leland Janson. This was his poem:
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Yes, just a plain period - or, full stop, as they say in the Olde Countrye. This provoked the following poem from me:
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Do you wonder why I don’t write about war?
Or acid flung in faces,
In domestic violence cases?
Or about Suffering and Sadness, Inc.
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With All Due Respect To Eckhart Tolle
Some time ago, I read the Power of Now;
Except then,
It was Now,
Although Now with my pen,
I am writing about Then.
This poem is Now,
But tomorrow in Now
Will be Yesterday.
And Yesterday in Now is Today
So neither Yesterday,
Nor Tomorrow exist
And the ephemeral Now -
- Is just a major cash cow.
Which is okay by me
In our economy free.
So, what about the Power of Then?
Or the Power of Men?
Or the Power of Zen?
Or, the Power of When...?
If When is Then,
Because only Now exists
Then “When” does not exist -
- Except as “Then, ”
And is called “Now.”
Call it what you may,
“Now’s” different every day.
It’s a question of perspective.
But to think of that
And try to have a chat,
Is like trying to catch
A frightened cat.
“Come now, lad, ” says our common sense man.
“Now is now; then is then; when is when; and
Tomorrow will be and yesterday was.
When will you learn?
They all have power in their turn.”
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