Mirror to the Future
Senryu-like (looking at oneself)10 total reviews
Comment from June Sargent
Congrats Mark! Probably your best work to date. A win well deserved. Perception is the key. I just ignore the gout in the foot. Lol love the illustration!
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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Congrats Mark! Probably your best work to date. A win well deserved. Perception is the key. I just ignore the gout in the foot. Lol love the illustration!
Comment Written 20-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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June,
so pleased you liked my overall presentation!!
Mark
Comment from Brenda Strauser
Wow, what an interesting poem. I liked it. It is so clever. Congratulations on winning. You are right about the years going by fast. Great writing.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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Wow, what an interesting poem. I liked it. It is so clever. Congratulations on winning. You are right about the years going by fast. Great writing.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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Brenda,
Thanks for your vote of confidence for this contest entry. I thought it was worthy of a podium placement. The win is even better.
Life just trundles along at its own pace!
Mark
Comment from Cecilia A Heiskary
This is an excellent poem. I really like what the mirror says,"It's only a short trip, enjoy it" That's what it is a short trip. I love that you say, "age is a perception" It truly is.
Well done
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2024
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This is an excellent poem. I really like what the mirror says,"It's only a short trip, enjoy it" That's what it is a short trip. I love that you say, "age is a perception" It truly is.
Well done
Comment Written 17-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2024
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Pleased you liked my last line. Did not want to plagiarize, so I could not use the picture caption. Thanks for this accolade for this contest entry
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You're welcome
Comment from tempeste
When we are young, life seems so long and death so far away.
Death is something that happens to old people, we think.
I remember asking my father how it was to be old.
He told me that the years flew... I nodded but I didn't give his words thought or weight.
When we are young we have a certain mind set, we have dreams, goals, and lots of optimism
Of course, if said person comes from the ghetto .. most there think they'll never leave the misery.
When people reach their 40s ,some 50s, they start to imagine their future as an old person.
Age is perception:
That is true . I have seen older people more alive than 20/ 30 year olds.
I enjoyed your food for thought poem.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2024
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When we are young, life seems so long and death so far away.
Death is something that happens to old people, we think.
I remember asking my father how it was to be old.
He told me that the years flew... I nodded but I didn't give his words thought or weight.
When we are young we have a certain mind set, we have dreams, goals, and lots of optimism
Of course, if said person comes from the ghetto .. most there think they'll never leave the misery.
When people reach their 40s ,some 50s, they start to imagine their future as an old person.
Age is perception:
That is true . I have seen older people more alive than 20/ 30 year olds.
I enjoyed your food for thought poem.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2024
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So pleased you liked my food for thought poem.
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You now have 4 votes .
Glad to see other members found your entry engaging. 😐
Comment from Trina Layne
Great reflections. Excellent read. As I see more and more silvers in my head, I tell myself the same thing. I hope this one does well. Congratulations on your entry!
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Great reflections. Excellent read. As I see more and more silvers in my head, I tell myself the same thing. I hope this one does well. Congratulations on your entry!
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Thanks for your review. I am ahead of you, my silvers are now whiter LOL The mirror does not change that look either! I have received positive reviews for this contest entry, which pleases me a lot.
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Double LOL. If only our mirrors could reverse aging!
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only in the Twilight Zone TV show could that happen !!
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Someone has to write the script then.
Comment from jaded831
Your poem reflects my own feelings on the topic. You teach without being preachy. I am in my sixties and the years just flew by, I still feel in my teens. Your grow older, but never really grow old.
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Your poem reflects my own feelings on the topic. You teach without being preachy. I am in my sixties and the years just flew by, I still feel in my teens. Your grow older, but never really grow old.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Thanks for your review and how it may you feel.
Comment from Bryce 1
Age is just a number they say, it's true.But as that number grows, so do I, and the more I grow, the harder it is to do.I wonder if trees feel the same?
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Age is just a number they say, it's true.But as that number grows, so do I, and the more I grow, the harder it is to do.I wonder if trees feel the same?
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Trees have rings, but I doubt my arteries have the same LOL
Some say 80s are now our parents 60s. Let's grow old gracefully.
Comment from Sugarray77
Hello there. I enjoyed reading your poem and appreciated the sincerity and value you used to describe your theme. Well done on the choice of photo that really enhances your wise verse. Good luck.
Melissa
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Hello there. I enjoyed reading your poem and appreciated the sincerity and value you used to describe your theme. Well done on the choice of photo that really enhances your wise verse. Good luck.
Melissa
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Thanks Melissa!
Honestly if I looked in the mirror, I would see wrinkles and not such a youthful face (-;
Comment from zanya
M..m..m this is an interesting entry for the Mirror prompt - how quickly time goes by and the years roll on as effectively illustrated in this short format poem.
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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M..m..m this is an interesting entry for the Mirror prompt - how quickly time goes by and the years roll on as effectively illustrated in this short format poem.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Pleased your perspective is equal to mine.
Do appreciate your review comments.
Comment from RodG
First, great picture to illustrate your message. It would be nice if a mirror could reflect our future. Would a child really want to see her future self? Much conveyed in only a 5-7-5.
Rod
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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First, great picture to illustrate your message. It would be nice if a mirror could reflect our future. Would a child really want to see her future self? Much conveyed in only a 5-7-5.
Rod
Comment Written 16-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
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Would the reverse be more applicable? The older self envisages the former self in the mirror. Personally, I just see more wrinkles. LOL