Baudelaire’s clock’s taunt is absurd (who can “wring” precious metal from ore?), and it’s unfortunate how many people end up missing the moment because they’re frantic about missing the gold.
Exactly. These little devices we carry around to take pictures and videos have somehow magnified this tendency. Brilliant poem. Going in my commonplace.
Oh, this is excellent. Daniel, well done! I loved so many lines that I'm hard-pressed to quote just a few. I know exactly of what you write. Especially that last stanza. Such condensed wisdom.
A perspective all the more relevant for today, that's for sure. Excellent writing, Daniel. It's a shame so many see moments as fodder for some other end, rather than experiences to appreciate in their own right.
I can't wring each moment like a rag. I just can't. The faster time rushes by, the less I try to control it or record it in pictures.
Baudelaire’s clock’s taunt is absurd (who can “wring” precious metal from ore?), and it’s unfortunate how many people end up missing the moment because they’re frantic about missing the gold.
Exactly. These little devices we carry around to take pictures and videos have somehow magnified this tendency. Brilliant poem. Going in my commonplace.
That is an honor! Thank you, Abigail.
Oh, this is excellent. Daniel, well done! I loved so many lines that I'm hard-pressed to quote just a few. I know exactly of what you write. Especially that last stanza. Such condensed wisdom.
Thank you, Mark! That is a great compliment, especially coming from you.
It's easy to give compliments when they're true!
A perspective all the more relevant for today, that's for sure. Excellent writing, Daniel. It's a shame so many see moments as fodder for some other end, rather than experiences to appreciate in their own right.
Thank you, James! And that’s very true. I’m guilty of looking for the end rather than appreciating the moment more often than I would like to admit.