Tempus Fugit

Yet another strange poem that I can’t really explain in full.

Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus, singula dum capti circumvectamur amore

“But meanwhile it flies: time flies irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.”

Forever time Flies

Flies never to return

Return to its prize

Prize of great concern

Concern for the missed

Missed by someone’s love

Love that shall persist

Persist from above

Above mortal strife

Strife that can sever

Sever the short life

Life lasts forever

Hope you enjoy, please feel free to comment.

The Lonely Recluse.

~ by The Lonely Recluse on March 23, 2011.

Posted in Poetry
Tags: Poetry, tempus fugit, time flies, virgil

39 Responses to “Tempus Fugit”

I really like this, TLR,–an excellent job! Time does fly and is always in the past.

This is very clever the way you used the last word of each line to begin the next–don’t think I’ve seen that before.

Bodhirose said this on March 24, 2011 at 7:27 pm | Reply
- I’m glad you enjoyed it Bodhirose. It was just another poem inspired by a quote I like. Thank you for your compliment.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 9:53 pm | Reply
life lasts forever?

lovely work, thanks for sharing..

Jingle said this on March 24, 2011 at 7:48 pm | Reply
- It depends on how you look at life – if you see it as mortal life then no it doesn’t. But if you count the soul as life then yes. I also ment it in a life is cyclic sense (as tie in by my poem starting and ending on forever). Glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 9:56 pm | Reply
life lasts forever, hmmm i like it. it flows so nice and makes you think. 🙂

lunawitch15 said this on March 24, 2011 at 9:13 pm | Reply
- I’m glad you enjoyed it, and more so that it made you think.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 9:56 pm | Reply
Great meaning to your poem. Time is one directional, what is done is done you cannot turn back time.
Is there a greater power involved?
I love this poem because the more I think about it, the more I get deeper meaning from it:)

ads1381 said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:02 pm | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words ads. I’m glad its not just me who cannot fathom the meaning of this poem. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:17 pm | Reply
Loved the rhythm and depth of this piece – you simply have to read it over….

Helena said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:46 pm | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words Helena, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:50 pm | Reply
I love the form you used here, and how it forms a circle. It really adds to the poem’s theme! Great stuff!

bward42 said this on March 25, 2011 at 3:39 pm | Reply
- Looking back I think you’ll have to thank the quote for the form. Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 26, 2011 at 12:25 am | Reply
nice wordplay, interesting philospohies. a thinking person’s poem…

theberrygirl said this on March 25, 2011 at 4:06 pm | Reply
- Philosophies I don’t fully understand, it wrote itself more than anything else. Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 26, 2011 at 12:26 am | Reply
A very deep piece and surely lots to be deciphered in there..And with the words that you have described the things are just brilliant.

Alcina-Your breathe

Alcina said this on March 25, 2011 at 4:58 pm | Reply
- The words are due to trying to string the rhyme together (all rhyming thanks to rhymezone.com). Thank you for your kind words, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 26, 2011 at 12:29 am | Reply
Loved the way you’ve written this. Intense and so rhythmic. Keep writing!!! 🙂

Neeraja said this on March 25, 2011 at 6:42 pm | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I oubt I’ll give up writing for a fair while yet.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 26, 2011 at 12:30 am | Reply
This was lovely, a bit eerie, which is something I like

T said this on March 26, 2011 at 9:09 am | Reply
- Thank you T, I’m glad you liked it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 27, 2011 at 2:27 pm | Reply
how is your day?

please find time visiting poets who were here for you but you did not visit yet..

Thanks..

have fun. 🙂

Jingle said this on March 26, 2011 at 6:19 pm | Reply
- Hi Jingle, I’ve kept up with most replys, as usual, but I’ve had poor internet at the moment so I’ll catch up with the few. Thanks for the reminder.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 27, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Reply
this is a great piece! here’s mine.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/wedged/

fiveloaf said this on March 26, 2011 at 7:25 pm | Reply
- Thanks fiveloaf, glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 27, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Reply
🙂

tigerbrite said this on March 26, 2011 at 11:26 pm | Reply
- Glad you enjoyed it tigerbrite.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 27, 2011 at 2:34 pm | Reply
I really liked this!…flows very well!

Reggie said this on March 28, 2011 at 2:55 am | Reply
- Thank you Reggie, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 28, 2011 at 4:32 pm | Reply
indeed time flies. nicely delivered! thumbs up for this one!

Check Mine too: “Perfect”

Julian Javier the Cyber Mushroom said this on March 28, 2011 at 8:27 am | Reply
- Virgil was a clever man to point it out wasn’t he. Thank Julian and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 28, 2011 at 4:34 pm | Reply
This flowed in Loop form (one of my favorites) a powerful message so simple in design here, much enjoyed! ~Rose

C Rose said this on March 28, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Reply
- It was a form that formed itself for me. I’m glad you enjoyed its simplicity in showing compexity.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm | Reply
another two lines with a g-g rhyme and it’d have been a sonnet, albeit without the pentameter! brilliant loop poetry here, doing it with rhyme is very difficult and you pulled it off very well! amazed, TLR! thank u for sharing..

Here’s My Poem For Poets Rally

Vinay said this on March 28, 2011 at 5:39 pm | Reply
- A sonnet relys on being in iambic pentameteer to be a sonnet, as this only has 5 syllables instead of 10 per line, it certainly isn’t a sonnet. My only sonnet is actually also about insanity [ https://lonelyrecluse.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/insanity-a-sonnet/ ]
  I feel I can’t write out of rhyme for my own poetry, I suppose it’s something I need to do to keep my style mine. Thanks for the compliments and I’m glad you enjoyed.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 28, 2011 at 6:46 pm | Reply
Great rhythm and repetition. Thanks!

Emily Jane said this on March 30, 2011 at 5:11 pm | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words Emily Jane, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 30, 2011 at 7:53 pm | Reply
~POETRY MONTH CLAMBAKE: 2011~

hope to see you!

Luna

lunawitch15 said this on April 1, 2011 at 1:47 pm | Reply
- Cheers for the invite Luna, but at the moment with doing a series poem and life being a bit mad, I’ll sit out for now. Again thanks.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on April 1, 2011 at 9:30 pm | Reply
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