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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Time

Time
Spares none:
A black hole
Vacuum-pulling all into
Oblivion





Elfje is a form of poetry which has its origins in The Netherlands, consisting of eleven words spread over five lines in the form 1-2-3-4-1. The above one on 'Time' is a part of this poem, and one of my personal favourites. 

12 comments:

  1. so true that time spares none. very nice

    I will be away for awhile, but will visit your posts when I get back. :)

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    1. Thank you, Jules. I was away the last week, so have to catch up with my posts and read everyone else's!

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  2. No wonder you won a prize for this! Fabulous! :)

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  3. Time is an illusion. Very well said. :)

    #atozchallenge, Kristen's blog: kristenhead.blogspot.com

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    1. Your comments never fail to make my day. Thank you so much, Kristen!

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  4. Lovely - a new form to play with! One of my poems up today for W on my blog

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    1. I agree, new forms are interesting to play with. I'll come by your blog soon :)

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  5. Not a very cheerful poem, but true nonetheless :) Nicely written as well.

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  6. Whoa! I have no words for this little part and the whole poem. I'm glad I found your blog (:

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