TIME MARCHES ON
It
was
a year
I’ll never
forget, becoming
a teenager was thee milestone
we had all been waiting for: turning thirteen years old.
The perspective of looking back
on that year makes me
wonder why
I rushed
time
by.
2014-06-13
P. Wanken
On this “Friday the 13th”, I’ve written this poem for Poets United Midweek Motif: Thirteen–to use thirteen lines to write a poem about thirteen. I used the Fibonacci form with a reverse Fibonacci, which by default also makes the middle line thirteen syllables long. 🙂
i think we spend much of life rushing it by to get to the next big thing…
i will say thirteen was such an awkward age…its not one i worry much on rushing by…ha.
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ah, yes…the awkward ages are good to get past…. 😉
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Yes. Witty and true. I have often thought the same, less about the year thirteen than about the contrast between adulthood and youth. Why did I rush? 13, at least, we move past …
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Yes, I agree re: the contrast…but it was 13 that fit the prompt. 🙂
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Paula, isn’t that the truth? Time moves fast enough on its own without wishing it to past. It takes half a lifetime, I think, to realize that.
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Yes, I’ve come to believe that, as well. Trying not to rush any of my years by….
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Good one, PW. I was thirteen once. I wasn’t a writer then. I’m pretty sure ink hadn’t been invented yet.
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Uh, yeah…I’m pretty sure there was ink back then. AND…I’m pretty sure you were making good use of it…regardless of whether or not you were writing.
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The rush could have waited. But you’ve made it this far! A cause to celebrate.
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Yeah…I suppose you’re right! *clink* CHEERS!
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Somehow if feels like that sentiment could be more or less attributed to pretty much every year we live.
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Yes – so true. But…”thirteen” fit the prompt. 😉
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yes that age is unforgettable…i like the perspective of looking back too……..
nice thoughts here.. 🙂
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Thanks, Sumana. 🙂
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A neat matching of shape to message!
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Thanks, Rosemary. I was rather pleased with the pair. 🙂
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