Good Advice Poem by Ruth Stone

Good Advice

Rating: 4.9


Here is not exactly here
because it passed by there
two seconds ago;
where it will not come back.
Although you adjust to this-
it's nothing, you say,
just the way it is.
How poor we are,
with all this running
through our fingers.
'Here,' says the Devil,
'Eat. It's Paradise.'

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dominic Windram 12 October 2019

We should 'seize the moment'(carpe diem) as the renowned Roman poet Horace once memorably stated.

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Dominic Windram 12 October 2019

We should seize the moment (carpe diem) as the renowned Roman poet once stated.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 October 2019

'Here, ' says the Devil, 'Eat. It's Paradise.' NO GOOD AFVICE....Brilliant poem and a Great THOUGHT Provoking one. CONGRATULATIONS on being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hurray! A 10 Full Score. Addressed to the family of Mrs. R. Stone. Thank you. God's Blessings!

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Aniruddha Pathak 12 October 2019

A lovely poem on here. there, now..

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 October 2019

'Here, ' says the Devil, 'Eat. It's Paradise.' Here is not exactly here This is No Good Advice, must I say, dare I say. This poem is titled as GOOD ADVICE, but having read the poem, must I admit NO GOOD ADVICE. I regard this poem ARTFUL through and through. CONGRATS on being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hurray! May Ruth rest in Peace. Amen.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 October 2023

The poetess got inspired in a special way, only her way. Marvelous!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 October 2023

Enjoyed tremendously this brilliant poem. Before we will be able to understand the late Mrs. Stone's poetry, we ought to know how her poems come to her inside heart. A typical way of creating poems, only Mrs. Ruth Stone's her way

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 October 2023

Writer Elizabeth Gilbert said about Ruth Stone's way of being inspired before writing a poem, very important to know.

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Dr Antony Theodore 12 October 2019

How poor we are, with all this running through our fingers. 'Here, ' says the Devil, 'Eat. It's Paradise.' a revealing poem. tony

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Mahtab Bangalee 12 October 2019

Here is not exactly here because it passed by there...// it's wonderful expression and thought provoking

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