Through All My Five & Time-Spun Years Poem by Valerie Dohren
Through All My Five & Time-Spun Years
Through all my five and time-spun years
I`ve watched the moon full wax and wane
Beheld the oceans ebb and flow -
Walked in the sunshine and the rain
I`ve glimpsed the flowers bloom in Spring
In Autumn`s chill, their petals fall
Known much of happiness and pain
Seen those set low 'neath those stood tall
I`ve fixed my eyes upon the dawn
Upon the dazzling setting sun
Have thus beheld the glitt`ring stars
In full display when day is done
And in the passing of the years
As earth in all her beauty turns
I`ve known the seasons marking time
And witnessed every soul that yearns
I`ve watched the rich man take his fill
The poor man falter in his wake
Known those who walk on fallow ground
And those the world chose to forsake
I`ve smiled through all my halcyon days
With joy and splendour to abide
But in the darker hours when spent
That`s when I`ve cried, O how I`ve cried
So what remains in future years
For such I cannot yet foretell -
Whatever time be left for me
I deem that I shall use it well
So beautiful! How I wish I had half your gift for poetry! I'll keep plugging at it though, as it's something I really enjoy. Thanks for the lovely comments on my humble efforts. Dawn xxx
Wonderful. This is a wonderful reading. One would love to read. I can feel one's sorrow for the past. the four lines `ve smiled through all my halcyon days With joy and splendour to abide But in the darker hours when known That`s when I`ve cried, O how I`ve cried are incredible look at the contrast between the two pairs of lines.... I really felt well your optimism in the last four lines So what remains in future years For such I cannot yet foretell - Whatever time be left for me I deem that I shall use it well in fact your good intentions for the life remaining. you never know may be more than spent. Love it.
Whatever time be left for me I deem that I shall use it well I've witness some of the same Val. The last two lines are priceless. A beautiful and well written composition that I feel speaks the sentiments of countless of us.
What an observant eye, reflective mind. Wonderfully expressed. Simply admirable
Make sure you keep spending at least a good bit of it writing your wonderful poems!
valerie, i'm SURE you shall use it well.. well done. if i had ten thousand hours in a day i would try reading all of your poems and those of many more poets on this site. but, alas, one must eat and sleep, exercise outdoors, and let his wife use HER computer. Hail to The King by the way (one of your fans below) . AND i must continue putting out my own poetry which most believe is Superior to the King's, despite what His Powerful Mind wants to think.
What more can be said. It is life encapsulated. Simple, true, and relatable- what good art should be. I wanted to also thank you for your comments on my postings, and let you know that I will be posting the rest of my collection, about 90 more poems, upon my returning home in late December. Cheers Valerie, and take care.
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I would like to translate this poem
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12/7/2025 9:50:18 AM # 1.0.0
I hope you get many more years Val because your without doubt one of the best poets on this site. But I've a feeling you don't know how good you are!