Sunday, June 23, 2013

546 : Wrinkles


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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12 comments:

  1. This is brilliant - crinkles / wrinkles // immaculate / accumulate //bent / event/ sent // and subtly worked into the verse and meaning. This is great poem!

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  2. So very true and very well said.

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  3. Lovely perspective and adore the photo!

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  4. I 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.

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  5. I call them my badges of honor.
    And 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

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  6. each wrinkle has its own story to tell

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  7. Yes, maybe so, but why couldn't they show up on the back of the shoulders or somewhere else unobtrusive?

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  8. Clever and true. I particularly like the internal rhyme of the line, "We’re bent by the events we’re sent."

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  9. Enjoyed this greatly ~ M

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  10. Oh, 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!

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  11. I like your poem. I don't mind growing bent and wrinkled as long as my ride includes the others!

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  12. "and stay crinkled, not immaculate". Witty observations!

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