One Single Impression has the prompt "Wrinkle".
Wrinkles
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind
than it does on the face.
- Michel de Montaigne
On the rollercoaster of life,
Where, on some days, dramas build
In unpredictable way’s,
Others are, most thankfully, joy filled:
We’re bent by the events we’re sent.
And stay crinkled, not immaculate.
While life passes by, both joy and strife,
Wrinkles just accumulate.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013
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This is brilliant - crinkles / wrinkles // immaculate / accumulate //bent / event/ sent // and subtly worked into the verse and meaning. This is great poem!
ReplyDeleteSo very true and very well said.
ReplyDeleteLovely perspective and adore the photo!
ReplyDeleteI loved this, J Cosmo. So very true. Wrinkles are so maligned, but I think they're beautiful. And I love Michel de Montaigne and have a book of his essays that's a go-to fav of mine.
ReplyDeleteI call them my badges of honor.
ReplyDeleteAnd use a really excellent 'Rapid Wrinkle Eraser' when I want to look my freshest.
I'm a girl. I want to have it both ways ;P
Enjoyed this.
xxx
each wrinkle has its own story to tell
ReplyDeleteYes, maybe so, but why couldn't they show up on the back of the shoulders or somewhere else unobtrusive?
ReplyDeleteClever and true. I particularly like the internal rhyme of the line, "We’re bent by the events we’re sent."
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this greatly ~ M
ReplyDeleteOh, the wrinkles life sends us. I try to find those caused by smiles and think of them as joy creases. The other ones I whine about. lol Beautiful image and poem!
ReplyDeleteI like your poem. I don't mind growing bent and wrinkled as long as my ride includes the others!
ReplyDelete"and stay crinkled, not immaculate". Witty observations!
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