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Check My Math
Twenty-one thousand
one hundred seventy
awakenings
marveling at each sunrise
elated with each resurrection
from the dead of night
Five hundred-eight thousand
eighty hours spent
many misspent
no good weighing
the quality of each
they're past
an ever-growing sand dune
littering the floor
of a never again rotated
personal hourglass
Thirty million
four hundred eighty-four thousand
eight hundred
minutes of thought
some unconscious
why am I not a genius;
a god of omniscience?
good thing
for it would be to me
a deadly distinction
as I would starve
from want of learning
And so it goes...
one hundred seventy
awakenings
marveling at each sunrise
elated with each resurrection
from the dead of night
Five hundred-eight thousand
eighty hours spent
many misspent
no good weighing
the quality of each
they're past
an ever-growing sand dune
littering the floor
of a never again rotated
personal hourglass
Thirty million
four hundred eighty-four thousand
eight hundred
minutes of thought
some unconscious
why am I not a genius;
a god of omniscience?
good thing
for it would be to me
a deadly distinction
as I would starve
from want of learning
And so it goes...
Published 31st Mar 2021
Author's Note
A little bitthday musing.
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31st Mar 2021 4:55am
Dear GW,
With the math skills I just read I can’t help but wonder you even wrote this “ why am I not a genius;” you ARE a freaking genius! 50% off is the only math I understand.
Your addition skills in this poem are spot on. I really enjoyed the clever way of appreciating age and the wisdom of growing older and acknowledging how fleeting time is and not to waste it. Really lovely write. H🌷
With the math skills I just read I can’t help but wonder you even wrote this “ why am I not a genius;” you ARE a freaking genius! 50% off is the only math I understand.
Your addition skills in this poem are spot on. I really enjoyed the clever way of appreciating age and the wisdom of growing older and acknowledging how fleeting time is and not to waste it. Really lovely write. H🌷
31st Mar 2021 5:36am
Oh sweet goddess, Honoria, i am ecstatic that you think highly of this circuitous equation revealing my day and confessing my age. I have truly lived a good life and I wanted to celebrate that reality. You are so kind to lend your voice to my celebration❣🙏🌹
31st Mar 2021 4:56am
The merriest of Happy Birthday wishes BB 🥳🎂
Hope you had a great day! Lovely spill, I enjoyed it and your clever creativeness.
Here's to many more!
🎈
-B
Hope you had a great day! Lovely spill, I enjoyed it and your clever creativeness.
Here's to many more!
🎈
-B
31st Mar 2021 5:28am
I did have a wonderful birthday, thank you Lady Blue❣ I am all a tingle 'cause you enjoyed this puece. On paper it's quite amazing our span of time on this big blue m.h arble. Thank you for the birthday wish. You're awesome goddess S🐻💋🐻💋🐻
31st Mar 2021 5:01am
31st Mar 2021 5:38am
31st Mar 2021 5:57am
When the left and right brain meet this is the outcome. There is beauty in the mathematical.
31st Mar 2021 9:41pm
That's a great perspective. You have a fun profile name. I appreciate the read. I am glad that you liked the piece.
31st Mar 2021 7:12am
Happy Birthday sweet poet.
May we all be blessed with many more of yours.
May we all be blessed with many more of yours.
31st Mar 2021 10:24am
Happy birthday!!! ❤🎶❤🎵🎂
I still don't know your age because I'm far too lazy to do the math. 😆 I absolutely love the way you expressed that hourglass image. Brilliant.
This one's a keeper.
Wishing you a happy year, not just a day.
K
I still don't know your age because I'm far too lazy to do the math. 😆 I absolutely love the way you expressed that hourglass image. Brilliant.
This one's a keeper.
Wishing you a happy year, not just a day.
K
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31st Mar 2021 2:24pm
Happiest of birthdays! Hope it’s all that you dreamed. And the poem... well the poem just matches my mood today. Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.
-M
Thank you for sharing.
-M
31st Mar 2021 3:00pm
Wishing you the Happiest of Birthdays dear Gahddess 🎂🌺🏵🌺
... I was told there would be no math .. hehehe.
An honestly brilliant way to Express the incredulity of time .. something we think we have the power to control, when in fact we are all beautifully timeless. ♥️x
... I was told there would be no math .. hehehe.
An honestly brilliant way to Express the incredulity of time .. something we think we have the power to control, when in fact we are all beautifully timeless. ♥️x
31st Mar 2021 5:36pm
If my math is correct....
21170 /365= 58
Correct me if I'm wrong but happiest of them all
21170 /365= 58
Correct me if I'm wrong but happiest of them all
31st Mar 2021 8:12pm
A+ POT! I am glad that, like me, you didn't factor in Leap year. I appreciate your support.
1st Apr 2021 1:37am
A brilliant birthday poem GW, really clever and enjoyed immensely. Wishing you a very Happy birthday!!! 💖🎶🎵🎂💖
I hope you get everything your heart desires now and in the future. Keep shining your bright light... :)
I hope you get everything your heart desires now and in the future. Keep shining your bright light... :)
Anonymous
2nd Apr 2021 7:16am
I think you have to be a clever clogs to write this. I hope you had the happiest of birthdays 🥳
Gwen 💛
Gwen 💛
2nd Apr 2021 7:26am
I did have a wonderful birthday, thank you Gwendoline❣ "clever clogs" is a fun description.
