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Long and Short of It
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Saturday, March 2, 2024    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- The Long and Short of It --

by John Herlihy

 

No accounting for time, not one bit,

This is the long and short of it.

 

The day is long

The night is short

The hour is long

The life is short

 

Suffering is long

Happiness is short

War is long

Peace is short

 

The journey is long

The arrival is short

Patience is long

Impatience is short

 

Waiting is long

The appointment is short

The morning is long

The afternoon is short

 

Adagio is long

Adios is short

Disappointment is long

Astonishment is short

 

Childhood is long

Old age is short

Remembering is long

Forgetting is short

 

No accounting for time, not one bit

This is the long and short of it

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 28 January 2024


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 Reviews of "Long and Short of It"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on March 7, 2024
I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED YOUR MIRROR POEMS...AND I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU DID THIS ONE, THANKS! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 3, 2024
While I find it hard to believe some of your absolute pronouncements in the pairs, I agree that you have come up with a poetic form that requires your usual precision of presentation… Often displaying opposites like night and day.

No one wants to draw the short straw. Or worse, to be caught by the shorthairs. I'm afraid that my infancy in old age will be much longer than the three years it took me to become a useful member of my family.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on March 2, 2024
Interesting play on words, addressing a conundrum that will probably never acquire a solution. Enjoyed. Check your messages.


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