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they come and go
i am stuck in this strange world
of having to grow
pains come and go
like sunflowers open and close
sprung into life by an ever-present sun
willing me on
but i’m not really stuck
it’s just a phase
though I’m afraid
one phase leads to another
and to the next
and so
i simply walk prepared for the pains
to come and go
#RupiKaur
Written by
Josh
(Joshua Bond)
Published 30th Sep 2019
| Edited 9th Mar 2024
Author's Note
Comp entry for "the sun and her flowers", hosted by Ahavati.
Taking my cue from a set of 22 Rupi Kaur poems as found on: https://twentytwowords.com/22-gorgeous-rupi-kaur-poems-that-will-reach-your-through-screen-and-touch-you/
(photo credit: Joshua Bond)
Taking my cue from a set of 22 Rupi Kaur poems as found on: https://twentytwowords.com/22-gorgeous-rupi-kaur-poems-that-will-reach-your-through-screen-and-touch-you/
(photo credit: Joshua Bond)
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Re. they come and go
30th Sep 2019 4:59pm
Wonderful, Josh. I love the sunflower analogy. That is so Rupi to include nature in her personal and poetic evolution.
Well done and best of luck in the comp!
Well done and best of luck in the comp!
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:24pm
Thank you A. Yeah, your choice of comp title also gave me a lead. I can see why she's popular 'instagram-style' and articulating 'old' truths in a new way/context.
Re. they come and go
Anonymous
30th Sep 2019 6:10pm
Very nice use of repetition, Josh. Good luck in the challenge!
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:25pm
Thank you Johnny; it was quite a different challenge from T.S Eliot - two very diverse styles.
Re. they come and go
30th Sep 2019 6:37pm
I think the vulnerable, gentle feel and rhyme are so lovely. I am moved. I hope you do well in the comp Josh. Beautiful work.
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:27pm
I think you've got it there with the aspects of vulnerable and gentle. Rupi Kaur (who was new tome) seems to have a gentle way with words (perhaps that's one reason she's popular in a world that has become so brash and polemical). So I'm glad I managed to convey that.
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Anonymous
30th Sep 2019 10:12pm
Flexibility is key. I love the message in this, Josh
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:29pm
Thank you for visiting again Willow, You're spot on with 'flexibility' - now if only I wasn't such a stubborn Northerner :))
Re. they come and go
30th Sep 2019 11:50pm
Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:31pm
Nice to see you visiting again Crow and for your kind comment. Pains - "This too shall pass" - but I'm generally very fortunate and blessed in this life's journey.
Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 1:09am
Pains do come and go...lingering a little longer as we age. I live more and more by the this-too-shall-pass philosophy
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:34pm
Hello Gahddess, thank you for visiting. I've just written the this-too-shall-pass philosophy in the comment to Crow above. Coincidence. Looks like we're on the same page here. Best regards, Josh.
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1st Oct 2019 11:37pm
Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 2:11am
Ah the eternal recurrence...what has been will come again and again...so amor fati...amor fati. Great ink Josh.
Cheers...Harry
Cheers...Harry
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:37pm
Thank you Harry. Round and round the spiral we go, meeting the 'same' things but hopefully dealing with them with that little bit of added wisdom over the previous time :))
Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 4:12am
Dear J,
Lovely write. I’ve been reading this over and over, last stanza especially. Life is full of these phases as you eloquently put it, exhausting phases sometimes but the good ones minimize the not so good ones. Good luck in the comp. H🌷
Lovely write. I’ve been reading this over and over, last stanza especially. Life is full of these phases as you eloquently put it, exhausting phases sometimes but the good ones minimize the not so good ones. Good luck in the comp. H🌷
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:40pm
Honoria, thank you for visiting again - and for the RL. I was taking my cue from Rupi Kaur of course, trying to get her poetic style 'under my skin' and it's amazing sometimes if you blitz-read another poet how one picks up their vibe yet manage to make something of one's own from it all. Best wishes, Josh.
Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 2:27pm
You have captured the fleeting nature of life. Everything comes and goes. Nothing stays to last forever. A wonderful spill Josh. Best of luck in the comp.
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:43pm
Hello Summer. Nice of you to pop this way again. Glad you enjoyed the write. Perhaps the fleetingness of life becomes is felt more strongly as one gets older and there's still so much one would like to do at the very time one is slowing up :))
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:44pm
Thank you rose for the visit and comment. I guess we have to repeat old truisms to ourselves in order to hammer it home ... eventually :))
Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:37pm
Its the very basics of life
all know
a minuscule register
rupi has
so have you
josh
all know
a minuscule register
rupi has
so have you
josh
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 9:47pm
Thank you, Again, for the visit and kind comment, and RL. Rupi has a way of gently articulating old truths, so it seems, to a new generation - and that's a good thing in my book.
Re: Re. they come and go
2nd Oct 2019 00:20am
each one has a share of success
and as time passes so does it
FAILURE alone is the stepping stone
to the next success
all d best Josh
and as time passes so does it
FAILURE alone is the stepping stone
to the next success
all d best Josh
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Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 10:20pm
That first stanza speaks like a young person in an older person's view (and/or vice versa), perhaps speaking of Rupi's youth and wisdom. But the repetition really brings it a nice balance.
Good luck in the comp.
Good luck in the comp.
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Re: Re. they come and go
1st Oct 2019 10:31pm
Thank you for commenting Wally. You're spot on. So here was I listening to someone 10 years younger than my own children, wildly successful, and who posts poems on instagram and who has a neat and gentle way of re-articulating 'old truths' for a new generation. And for the comp I'm tasked to emulate her in my own words. It was an interesting exercise, that's or sure. But I'm glad the final result came over o.k. :))
Re. they come and go
2nd Oct 2019 5:14am
I love sunflowers with their individuality, they are so much like people. This is a nicely written poem and does have a softness, I'd like to read the poems this was inspired by :)
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Re. they come and go
Hello PR. Thank you for visiting on my timeline again. Glad you liked it and I managed to capture some of the softness which Kaur seems to naturally have in her poems.
I have now added a link in the "Author's Note" to where my inspiration came from for the Rupi Kaur poem.
I have now added a link in the "Author's Note" to where my inspiration came from for the Rupi Kaur poem.