Now

[CdnReader]

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Now

There is nothing
There is nowhere
There is no time
But the "now"....

What has gone before....
has brought you to "now."
What is still to come
can't arrive without the "now."

This "now" will never happen again.

Go.
There's time.
It's still "now."

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cdn/22apr07
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[Granny5]

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Now

There is nothing
There is nowhere
There is no time
But the "now"....

What has gone before....
has brought you to "now."
What is still to come
can't arrive without the "now."

This "now" will never happen again.

Go.
There's time.
It's still "now."

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cdn/22apr07
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I wish someone had written this when I was 18! I like it very much, cdn.

[dibyendra]

I liked the way you expressed in this poem cdn. It's great to read your poems. Keep up your good work.

:thumbs_up

[PrinceMyshkin]

Now is the necessary fiction
the 24 times 60 times 60 times
the number of days, weeks,
months, years, we will have the opportunity
to grasp at the simultaneity
of its flashes into being
-not-being, neutrinos
of time that pass unseen,
unmeasurable through
hope, through despair,
through every other fiction
of the was, the will be,
the I am, I am, oh,
I surely, surely am.

[CdnReader]

Many thanks, Granny and Diby.

And yes, my friend PM, you most assuredly, most indubitably, most undeniably are.

[Pendragon]

Maybe I am too critical, so let me state first that I like the poem. I have one suggestion. I am a balance person when it comes to poetry, and this poem is feeling slightly out of balance. A suggestion, take with a grain of salt, toss over your left shoulder to ward off bad luck.


Now

There is nothing
There is nowhere
There is no time
But the "now"....

What has gone before....
has brought you to "now."
What is still to come
can't arrive without the "now."

Past and future
Revolve around "now"
And This "now" will never
Ever happen again.

Go forth and live
Savor the moment—
For there is time—
There is still "now..."

[CdnReader]

I like this version too, Pen. :) Thanks! I don't think there are very many in my repertoire with that type of "balance." :( I'll have to try my hand at one of your favourite villanelles sometime soon.

[Pensive]

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Now

There is nothing

Nothing comes from nowhere! There ought to be something! :p

[CdnReader]

Yes, then nothing MUST BE something, and nowhere must be somewhere, so nothing DOES come from somewhere, i mean something and .... oh.... my head hurts.... :)

(Thanks, Pensive.)

[symphony]

mine too :p
lets not get to that head-spinning mind-boggling somewhere-nowhere confusion and admire this piece of work.
Cdn, I loved the way it so simply said so much.

[CdnReader]

Awww..... Thanks, Symphony! :)

[motherhubbard]

I thought about this all day the first time I read it and I have decided that I really like it. I'm not always one for balance, but I do agree with Pen this time. It seems to help make the abstract thought more graspable.

[Sweets America]

Hi all, I'm new here and this is my very first post.:)

I particularly enjoyed this poem because I can relate to it. Some part of me tends to worry about the uncertainty of my future, but at the meantime another part of me yells that worrying is just a loss of time and that I should just concentrate on the present. There are so many things that we have to seize when they pass by us because they will never come back. I agree also that nothing that happened in the past should be regretted because it has led us to the 'now', has made us who we are, and sometimes has given us more reasons to enjoy the 'now'. It is amazing sometimes how life brings us to a place where we would never have thought we would come.

I enjoy the poetry I read here, there are some gifted people around. :thumbs_up

[CdnReader]

Motherhubbard, I would be very honoured if someone spent more than a minute and a half thinking about one of my poems. Thank you SO much!

Sweets, welcome to the Poetry Forum. What a privilege that you've made your first post here, and such a lovely and thoughtful post as well. Thank you!! :)

[Sweets America]

Cdn, thanks for welcoming me here.:) I have been reading this forum for some time now, but didn't dare joining. For some reason I stayed aloof, just like that gargoyle on my avatar.
I have read another one of your poems but didn't have time to comment. I will do try to do it soon.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Sweets, welcome to the Poetry Forum. What a privilege that you've made your first post here, and such a lovely and thoughtful post as well. Thank you!! :)

Yes, keep an eye on "Sweets" (e.g. her wonderful response to Would you choose the beliefs). She is evidently a thoughful, sincere person.

[Sweets America]

:blush: Oh thank you very much Prince, that goes straight to my heart.
I am glad I dared joining this forum. It always takes time before I dare do what I want to do, but in the end I always appreciate it.

Ok we should go back to the subject, because I'm flooding Cdn's thread with my thank you's, LOL.

[PrinceMyshkin]

:blush: Oh thank you very much Prince, that goes straight to my heart.
I am glad I dared joining this forum. It always takes time before I dare do what I want to do, but in the end I always appreciate it.

Ok we should go back to the subject, because I'm flooding Cdn's thread with my thank you's, LOL.

No doubt you will get around to them in time but I'd like to direct your attention to some other poets here, e.g. firefangled, ampoule and Bii

[Sweets America]

The names you gave are familiar to me, I've been reading some of their poems when I was not registered yet. I will comment when I have time. Thanks for guiding my first steps in here. You sound like a welcoming and kind being. Of course, I will comment on your poetry too. :)

[AuntShecky]

I liked the simplicity of this.
Isn't there a principle of zen Buddhism that as soon as
you say the word "now" or even think it, it's gone?

[CdnReader]

Thanks, AuntShecky. And yes, the "now" is definitely a most elusive thing. :)