These shriveled sinews and this bending frame,
The workmanship of Time's strong hand proclaim;
Skilled to reverse what e'er the gods create,
And make that crooked which they fashion straight.
Hard choice for man, to die -- or else to be
That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see:
Age then we all prefer; for age we pray,
And travel on to life's last, lingering day;
Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse,
Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse.
by: Crates 470 BC
C'ya
About Me
- Eric Valentine
- I have been a bit of a World traveler. I was born in England and at age 32 moved to Canada. More recently this last few years I have come down with a debilitating illness that although it has no cure it can be managed sensibly. My interests now are my lovely wife Elizabeth, nature and music. I love writing at which I am always working on improving.
I am a Proud Member of The Shameless Lions Writing Circle
Sangilak
He burst forth from the past to now
Fiercely proud, strong, erect.
His torso adorned and glowing still,
Remnants of the days of battle royal,
The figures, depicting scars from days of old.
I first saw him standing there -
Covered it seemed in a hue of snow?
On his chest emblazoned in red,
“Is that a red maple leaf I see,
Or some such facsimile ?”
I said astounded! ~ hesitantly, ~
“You are Canadian ~ aren’t you”
SangilakHe burst forth from the past to now
Fiercely proud, strong, erect.
His torso adorned and glowing still,
Remnants of the days of battle royal,
The figures, depicting scars from days of old.
I first saw him standing there -
Covered it seemed in a hue of snow?
On his chest emblazoned in red,
“Is that a red maple leaf I see,
Or some such facsimile ?”
I said astounded! ~ hesitantly, ~
“You are Canadian ~ aren’t you”
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12 comments:
Hi, Eric, Good to see you again. Thank you for the ancient words of wisdom. I guess. :-) I turned 70 yesterday.
I rummage around for old poetry sometimes, That was one I liked ~ Quite fitting I thought.:)
Happy Birthday to you have a great day! :)
I came by yesterday and read your post. A well written one and was rather speechless after reading it. It is great to see you back and looking forward to reading more of your writings. :-))
Thank you Stephanie, you are too kind.
I haven't written much for a while but I am trying to get back on track... Nice to see you dropping by.. :)
Eric:
Very good to see you again writing, sir. I hope that you are going to be back with greater frequency. I miss your writings.
PipeTobacco
http://frumpyprofessor.blogspot.com
Beautiful poem in all its gloom. I hope you are doing well, Eric.
Thank you Pipe, it's nice of you to comment. I do wish I could get writing more frequently but it has been a tough year and progress in writing is slow. I will do my best soon to get here more often for I too miss the visits to your blog as well.. :)
Hi Swen my friend, nice to see you dropping by also as always I do appreciate your visits and your comments.. stay well. :)
I damn sure wasn't trying to get to 67 but here I am and I'm still holding up pretty well considering how I've lived. And I damn sure don't want to live another 20 years.
I'm more interested in going out in a bang.
Thanks for the visit BC. I think you are enjoying life right now, so why not want more.... be grateful my friend that you still have a road to travel.. :))
Hi, Eric. It's me again. Hope you're OK. BTW, I think you posted something that hinted of the superpower to your south. Then maybe you removed it. But I agreed with you. I know a lot of the clowns running loose around here would call me unpatriotic and suggest that if I didn't love it here and approve of every harebrained scheme we get ourselves into, I should just leave. BAD immigrant!! But to which ancestral homeland should I go--Scotland? Ireland? England? France? Germany? So I will just sit tight and hope for the best in 2012.
Thanks Forsythia for the visit.
Yes I did do what you said then took it out.. I was referring like you said to north & south plus all others who fit the mold.. :))
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