Sunday, April 18, 2010

Magpie Tales Photo Prompt Ten

time in my pocket 



time 
in my pocket 
tells ancient stories 

of 
a timeless future
held in my
hand. 




Poem © 2010 by R. Burnett Baker 
Photo from Willow at "Magpie Tales".  


18 comments:

  1. Very nicely written Rick! I like it! :)

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  2. Rick:
    How Sublime, -- what a beautiful expression of life and its continuance.

    Joanny

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  3. Poignant... the reference to a timeless future
    evoked a sadness to me.

    Christine

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  4. brilliant...there is just something about holding a pocket watch...

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  5. Totally appreciate the dictomy in your fine verse. Must sublimely constructed; Excellent!

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  6. Beautifully composed .... just loved this!

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  7. Wow. I loved it. This just about says it all, doesn't it? Well done. /Jo.

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  8. So well written in so few words, Rick!

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  9. Lovely . . . concise and precise!

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  10. prophetic!
    telling the future by remembering the past.
    the idea of holding time in our hands makes us think what to do with it.
    rel

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  11. Beautiful, Rick. And it's just how I feel about this pocket watch. Love it!!

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  12. Very clever piece Rick. Always worthwhile visiting here...

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  13. Makes me wonder about all the times the watch was opened to tell its ancient stories in the past and how many more stories it will have to tell in the future.

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  14. Interesting, like two sides of a coin(or a pocket watch for that matter)

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  15. would never miss one of your Magpie's
    This one was ..well..it just was
    wonderful

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  16. Thank you all for your wonderful comments and support! I haven't had much time to reply this week, or do much reading. I'm moving into my first house, and have been working night shifts to boot! Just a crazy time....I didn't mean that as a pun, given this week's prompt....but I look forward to getting the computer set up in the new digs and spend more time reading and writing.

    Thank you all again....

    Rick

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  17. Back to the Future in poetic terms. Simply written, but not a simple message! Bravo. :)

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