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NOW
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Friday, October 7, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- Now --

John Herlihy

 

Now never arrives,

The moment always there.

No expectations contrived,

Each moment a prayer.

 

Now never departs,

Never takes its leave.

Seconds beat as hearts,

With time as reprieve.

 

Now is never past,

The moment alive.

Seconds that last,

Breaths that survive.

 

Now is never future,

Always its own reality.

Has no other suitor,

Only its own mystery.

 

Future is never now

Out there in the wings

Always waiting somehow

For what its promise brings

 

Now a moment of action,

Witness to all that I do.

Focus of time’s passion,

A bird that always flew.

 

Now a moment of truth,

Sees thru an eye of mystery.

Always there, never aloof,

Sees thru an eye of certainty.

 

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 18 September 2022

 

 


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 Reviews of "NOW"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on November 22, 2022
YOU ARE SO RIGHT, MY FRIEND. WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE PRESENCE OF...NOW...! WITH YESTERDAY GONE AND TOMORROW EVER LOOMING. THANKS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by audrine max
Reviewed on October 7, 2022
your mind is such a wonderful place, John. i love your introspections and analysis. thank you for gifting us another great piece.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 7, 2022
Another thorough analysis of a concept that is hard to grasp because it's always moving.

Why I like to watch live shows later as streaming videos. I can now go backward in time and catch those moments I was distracted and didn't hear or see what was going on. I can even take a still picture from the frame of the video if I like.

Now I must remember not to use "now" in my writing because it is basically redundant when you're writing about the present. But you've already wrote a poem on the present, haven't you?

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on October 7, 2022
A clever exploration of a single word with so much relevance in today's world. You've reminded me of how much credence I placed in Ram Dass back when he published "Be Here Now". Yes, it is always with us, for us to access and muster sensitivity to its importance, but for many, it is skipped, given as they are with obsessions for "future" and dismissals and/or regrets for "past." Hopefully, many of those less inclined to the "now" will read this and become converts as I did way back, and as you show often in your poetry.


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