A Measured Life

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In Shakespearean Sonnet form.

A Measured Life

As I approach the winter of my years,
the summers I have seen appear so few;
In spring, I was still wet behind the ears,
Now autumn fills my eyes with mourning dew.
Once April danced with May straight into June,
and all the world was summer mixed with spring;
but now September plays an august tune
October won't remember how to sing.
On Saturdays my game was hide-and-seek,
but Sundays found me kneeling down to pray;
the cycle still repeats itself each week,
as I approach the evening of my day.
And so as winter looms, and blooms deflow'r,
I'll kneel in morning dew to greet the hour.

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WordSlinger commented on A Measured Life

04-03-2010

Happy Easter,and welcome to OP, nice sonnet thank you, WS

RJGardner

04/03/2010

Happy Easter to you, and thanks so much for the welcome and the compliment on my poem!

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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