If I Could Turn Back The Clock. Poem by Sandra Kavanagh Josefsson

If I Could Turn Back The Clock.

Rating: 5.0


If I could turn back the clock
and revisit that day.
Things would be different.
I would know the right words to say.

I would have listened more
and talked less.
I would have given you hope
and not make everything a jest.

I would have noticed your love
in the small things you did.
I would have seen your sadness
and the feelings you hid.

I would have hugged you more
and treasured every moment spent.
I should have realised our time together was only lent.

If I could turn back the clock,
It would be a glorious thing.
But you are long gone
and all I have left is your ring.

Verse: Sandra Kavanagh (c) .
Painting: Woman with clock by Leah Larisa Bunshaft Dizlarka (c) .

If I Could Turn Back The Clock.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kesav Venkat Easwaran 08 February 2023

Excellent poem. Good use of the clock metaphor

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

I looked up the meanings of 'metaphor'. I guess 'turn back the clock' could quality as one. I'm not well-versed in what is and is not a metaphor or other type of symbolism. ;)

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

see my comment re metaphors

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

line 8: I think 'made', not 'make'. 4th stanza: I think you purposely used 3 lines, not 4. I approve of that! ! ! Very nice. bri ;)

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Jayne Louise Davies 07 February 2023

Love this! Thank you for sharing.

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Sandra Kavanagh Josefsson 11 February 2023

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

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MAHTAB BANGALEE 09 February 2023

Nice and good hope to be back to the happiest past; lovely poem penned; great to read

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

5 stars

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

Maybe you can sell the ring and take a vacation? ? ? ;) bri

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Bri Edwards 08 February 2023

five stars * * * * *

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