Time Passes Poem by Kim Barney
Time Passes
His hair and beard are streaked with gray.
Just how long has he been that way?
He's much too young to look like that.
It seems like only yesterday
that in my eighth-grade class he sat.
If he's that old, then what am I?
While time has been careening by,
I've gotten feeble, old and fat!
At church today I noticed that a former student of mine has a lot of gray hair in his beard and on top of his head as well. A bit shocking to see him looking so old, when I taught him in the eighth grade!
Written 2 December 2018
That guy in the picture is former POTUS, George W. Bush, not my former student.
Ever so heartfelt, beautifully penned! .. Looking back on when.. But all the more wiser with more beauty inside! .. Thank you ever so much for sharing this! .. Ever so many 10S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! +++++
Excellent poem with a very interesting rhyme pattern. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Superb presentation and conceptualization. Thanks for sharing.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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3/14/2026 6:36:08 PM # 1.0.0
No, the guy in the picture is not my former student!