A Poet's Journey

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A Poet's Journey
A Poet's Journey
All in a Hurry

All in a Hurry

This moment is now

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Bob Metivier
Feb 18, 2023
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A Poet's Journey
A Poet's Journey
All in a Hurry
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Outside Seating - image by Shawn R. Metivier, 2020
Outside Seating — image by Shawn R. Metivier, 2020

All in a hurry
Making up for the lost time
As though any could

Be regained at all; 
Once time has passed, it is gone,
Better to slow down

Or risk the further
Loss of this most precious gift;
The moment is now.

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