Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Yesterday's Years


ABC WEDNESDAY
http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/Letter 'Y'


YESTERDAY'S YEARS


They were so slow......
Yesterday's Years.
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Between birthday and birthday
Stretched a gulf
Across which
One could not even see,
Even shading one's eyes!
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Christmases
Were divided from each other by
Great stretches of Nothing.
*
The wait for a promised holiday
Was torture,
As days passed
And it grew no nearer.
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'I can't wait!'
We said.
Surely The Grownups
Could make it happen sooner!
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Even a day was long.
When one went to bed
One could not envisage the day's earlier wakening:
It was too far removed!
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A visit from a favourite Aunt
Was cause for untold hours of waiting,
Nose to window,
Breath held in suspension!
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Then, suddenly,
About thirty years ago,
Life started to gallop!
*
Last Month turned into Yesterday!
Birthdays started
To fall around me like confetti!
One Christmas
Held on to the tail
Of the one before!
They danced the conga
Lined up behind each other!
*
Nor have the years reached
A respectable speed
And kept to it!
*
Even as I write
They accelerate!
*
The G-forces will get me
If I don't watch out!
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This seems a good time to repeat my first blog here:
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/05/rinkly-rime-one.html

See tomorrow's blog for the purity of White.
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27 comments:

  1. Ginny HartzlerJanuary 6, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    I love this poem! You are truly gifted. Though sad, it sparkles with humor! And It's so true

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  2. Sylvia KJanuary 6, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    Ah, how true are your words today, Brenda! I'm quite sure that when I turned 70 I began having two birthdays a year! How else could I have possibly gotten this old????

    Have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  3. CarolJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    So true, so true...great Y post. I went back and read your first blog post, My Birthday, what a chuckle! You are so talented and have a great sense of humor...

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  4. Roger Owen GreenJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:15 AM

    a/k/a Yikes. I'm getting there soon enough.

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  5. BetteyJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:21 AM

    Thank you for stopping by my blog to comment. Happy New Year!

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  6. TaniaJanuary 6, 2010 at 7:28 AM

    Very nice poem!:-)
    Have a great evening!

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  7. agreenearthJanuary 6, 2010 at 8:33 AM

    What a true poem. You capture the feelings of life passing so well. Look forward to reading more of your writings.

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  8. Leslie:January 6, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    Truer words have ne'er been writ...

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  9. Reader WilJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    Brilliant, Brenda! You are an original poet! Happy New year!

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  10. geraldgeeJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    Odd too how early memories flood back but yesterdays ones vanish.

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  11. Kim, USAJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    Hehe yeah after a certain age birthdays keep coming faster than ever. Love the poem. Thanks for sharing!

    YOU

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  12. Three Rivers, MichiganJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    Love that, full of humor - and charm.
    (G-forces have got me, I fear...)
    Three Rivers Daily Photo

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  13. PattyJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:59 AM

    Love this one, I have found it is so true. I keep telling out 9 year old Granddaughter, take the time and enjoy, growing up happens fast and each year it gets faster and faster.

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  14. Mari MeehanJanuary 6, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Today is January 6th! Wasn't Christmas just yesterday?

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  15. Tumblewords:January 6, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    Oh, indeed! It 'fugits' for sure! Makes me almost crazy! Good poem, as always!

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  16. Beverley BairdJanuary 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    I love both poesms and can so relate to both!
    So well done! Thanks for sharing them!
    Happy New Year!

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  17. photowannabeJanuary 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM

    Wonderful humerous and so very true poem. I love the line..birthdays started to fall around me like confetti. I really felt that way as I put all the birthday notations on my 2010 calender. I began to feel old when I saw the year of myself, hubby and close friends. " It makes me almost crazy".

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  18. JanieJanuary 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    Great poem! It's so true, the years become a cascade as we age, when once they barely flowed.
    Loved the birthday poem, too. I believe my heart is still young, but the rest of me has had a few too many birthdays.

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    I couldn't agree more. I especially like these words: Birthdays started To fall around me like confetti!

    Wonderful!

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  20. HildredJanuary 6, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    Wonderful poems, - especially the one in your first posting.

    I can vouch for the heart and the soul and their eagerness to stay as they always were, young and spritely and full of hope!

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  21. RoseJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:38 AM

    Oh, this is so true, Brenda! If only we could slow down time a little. Birthdays come so quickly now that I prefer not to even count them:)

    By the way, if you have time, today I have a photo of my fennel again--this time covered in snow.

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  22. Bradley HsiJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:06 AM

    I think I m at the age that can start to appreciate of your beautiful poem, thanks for sharing.

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  23. jayJanuary 7, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    I did a post on this very subject at New Year, but you put it all SO much better than I!

    Well done!

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  24. SistertexJanuary 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM

    Great prose, and so true. I have often wondered when the years changed to only be as long as days. Time passes so quickly I feel like I am missing so much.

    Wonderful post.

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  25. Marbles in My PocketDecember 13, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    Excellent! The words seemed to drag when you were describing the waiting for time to pass, then when time sped up it seemed the words did too! Love it! (So very true, too!)

    http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/mostly-about-the-past/

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  26. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    You had me at the first line "yesterday's years" real nice poem!
    enjoy gooseberry day!!!
    http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/a-dream-and-a-whisper/

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  27. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryDecember 13, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    amazing,

    it is true that there are things beyond our control.

    Cheers.

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