Friday, January 3, 2003

Affirmation Comments

Rating: 3.6

To grow old is to lose everything.
Aging, everybody knows it.
Even when we are young,
we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads
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Donald Hall
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Kevin Patrick II 29 January 2026

A fantastic verse, and great meditation on the nature of life. Nothing is forever we turn to seasons but we cant go back to them. Im nearly halfway to the middle of life, this poem resonates for those who know times scars.

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Richard Wlodarski 24 January 2026

2) cont'd: I only wish to add my newest quote: In losing every thing...I have found everything.

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Richard Wlodarski 24 January 2026

Very deserving of POD! Congratulations! All of the poets' comments have perfectly expressed my sentiments.

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Brooke Renwick 16 December 2025

My grandmother was 91 when she said, 'We are each alone in this world'. She had many aquantaintances and family however.

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Savita Tyagi 16 July 2025

yes in time we lose everything. Sometime it makes us to lose your faith and hope but still accepting the reality and living with what is living and beautiful around you is the best course. Being in the group of oldies loved reading the poem with such true and honest sentiments.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 16 December 2024

Great thoughts to ponder about. A discerning write.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 30 January 2024

Happiest that this poem is chosen again as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Thank you so much Poemhunter and Team

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Sylvia Frances Chan 30 January 2024

Still fantastic to read this captivating poem

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Sylvia Frances Chan 30 January 2024

I shall repeat my previous response here: It suggests that as we grow old, we lose everything, including our loved ones, friends, and even ourselves. The poem also highlights the importance of accepting this loss and finding beauty in it.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 January 2024

Most deseerving as The Modern POem Of The Day. CONGRATULATIONS! And Thanks for sharing this educative poem

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 January 2024

THREE: The speaker of the poem encourages us to embrace the idea that it is "fitting and delicious to lose everything". The poem is a poignant reminder that life is fleeting and that we should cherish every moment we have with the people we love.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 January 2024

TWO: It suggests that as we grow old, we lose everything, including our loved ones, friends, and even ourselves. The poem also highlights the importance of accepting this loss and finding beauty in it.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 January 2024

ONE: is about the inevitability of aging and the loss that comes with it.

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Nabakishore Dash 08 December 2021

Every line is important and meaningful.A great write full of truth in one's life.

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David Wood 08 December 2021

You have to find happiness and contentment with the life that you lead, however short or long that is.

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 November 2019

Let us stifle under mud at the pond's edge and affirm that it is fitting and delicious to lose everything. // beautiful writings comes something to affirm going something; goes something to affirm coming something

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Banamala Sen 16 September 2019

What an affirmation! " Let us stifle under mud at the pond's edge and affirm that it is fitting and delicious to lose everything." The title is so fitting, and the content so philosophical! Congratulations!

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Dr Antony Theodore 16 September 2019

New women come and go. All go. The pretty lover who announces that she is temporary is temporary. a very fine and interesting cogitation. tony

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Edward Kofi Louis 16 September 2019

Aging! ! ! ! ! Everybody knows it. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 16 September 2019

This is really a beautiful philosophical poem relating to life, old age and anxiety having haunting expression. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the modern poem of the POD.

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