Time's Waterfall Poem by Ananta Madhavan
Time's Waterfall
What remains but to celebrate
The moment's passing?
All too often I have found
That events are evanescent.
They are what we talk about
With adjectival cliches,
'We had a nice time',
Or for hyperbolic force,
'Oh, it was Heaven.'
Will it rate a column-inch on page seven?
The sub-editing mind inquires;
How will it look on the page?
Event is comment.
I am no drama critic.
Cerebration is not celebration.
Let me touch moments
For feeling-joy
And let them go.
Just a hand in the falls.
What tons of liquid time
Rush through my spendthrift fingers!
evanescent flow of joyous moments occurred to me
four decades ago.
Thank you for your generosity. It is a tremendous boost to find a reader who shares a writer's impression and way of expressing perceptions, feelings and moods. Pl. let me know if you would like me to read any new poem of yours. With best wishes, AM
Wow! Totally love this waterfall of poetry! Amazing poem, identify with these joyous moments and agree whole heartedly, Ananta! Beautiful imagery, it immediately placed a video of a waterfall in my mind and from it I could many joyous moments flowing into my heart. Really great poem, absolutely loved it! ! 10+++++++++++++++++ Thank you for sharing it, RoseAnn
Dear Poet-Friend Roseann Shawiak, I am sincerely grateful to you for your comment. We write for readers who have similar feelings, perceptions, sensations as we plod on in our voyage or pilgrimage of life. The two words of feeling, empathy and sympathy, have distinct shades, depending on the person and the occasion. Empathy is fellow-feeling, understanding the subjective context of the writer; while 'sympathy' is an earnest participation with the person who has suffered some setback or even dejection at not being appreciated. Since it is not possible for us to come to the aid of persons we sympathise with (like, say, victims of a traffic accident where they are faultless, we must cultivate the sharing of empathy at least, an understanding of the vexation and griefs of victims, like, for instance, a little girl who is deprived of literacy because there is no funding for her. I would like to read any poem you pick out for attention. All the best. A. Madhavan
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5/3/2024 7:53:20 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Yes, moments are evanescent! Happy moments come and go. We cannot hold them for long. They slip through our fingers like a waterfall. The imagery is beautiful and photographic and I feel the coolness of viewing and feeling the spray of a waterfall with my hands cutting the current!