Lines To A Poet Of Middling Age Poem by Michael Shepherd
Lines To A Poet Of Middling Age
You are now too old
to indulge in arrogance
and yet you are too young
to have anything to be arrogant about
you are in mortal peril
at the midpoint of a life
which is not a life
which has no past and no future
for you are not present in it
yet grace abounds
and with it, poetry
i'm glad i read this today, Michael. i really needed to hear something like this. Jake
Being past the 'midpoint, ' I can read this without squirming, thinking it is aimed at me. It is well-done, thoughtful, and whoever it is aimed at will certainly not know it. That's the part about being at that arrogant part of life. Ah, the things we learn! Raynette
Michael...I have to squirm a little, thinking that I could fit this picture. It's nice to see a clearly written poem without cliches and without an emphasis on rhyme, which doesn't usually add much. The lack of periods, etc., draws attention. This one gets a ten. Good work.
Like all 'chillers', David, it comes hot from self-knowledge! But yes, more than one specific...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Spoken with wisdom and talent, Michael. Is this directed at anybody in particular, or just a general musing?