“A Ford of Many Colors” by Sharon Jordan Bahosh
old men fear speed
the onrush of terminus
ineluctable
(originally posted November 2013)
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I should like to tell you how much I appreciate you through the inspiration of your blog and how Thankful I am that you touch my life. Happy Thanksgiving, Friend!
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your comment means more to me than I can possibly say – thank you so much – and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Morgan
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they know speed has limits
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and the inevitable stop
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🙂
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Elegantly put. Lovely sound and feel to this. It made me think (as a 30-something) both in terms of the perspective learned by a stage-of-life I’ve yet to reach, but also our general tendency these days to try to rush through everything quickly – as if we can’t get to our demise fast enough!
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thank you, dora, for your generous and thoughtful comments
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Profoundly true!
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I appreciate that
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Reblogged this on Hey Sweetheart, Get Me Rewrite! and commented:
YEAH, THAT’S HOW i feel most of the time
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appreciate your sharing this with your readers – thanks, Terry
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Wonderful, just wonderful!
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than you dearly
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Interesting, as young men seem addicted to everything fast.
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there was a time when I though life couldn’t move fast enough
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Your style is called “free style verse” and it is absolutely lovely. I believe poem structures should come from the heart and soul, but I hope many are all ‘open’. The free structures don’t have to be exactly planned nor do they keep to a strict rule. And… nor is there any (or much) rhyming.
I like poems like that don’t rhyme too much unless its Valentines Day.
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I greatly appreciate your thoughtful comment
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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What a grand example of good Haiku!
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I keep working at it
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Keep brains at speed unlimited
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I know some whose brains race out of control
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Time seems to move rapidly.
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eventually achieving terminal velocity
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The steely eyes of the car look like they see a dead-ending future.
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I’ve had that look myself on occasion
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