Clock with a halted pendulum

Clock with a halted pendulum

I have an ancient clock
Its long pendulum, motionless
No longer connected to time
But it has a quartz heart
Dancing to the light and darkness
Ceaselessly

Trace back year after year
I can't recall
When the pendulum halted
Was it your finger or mine
That accidentally shattered
The gear bestowing eternity to the pendulum

© 13 days ago, XX   love • memory   
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Likes: laughingpoet, Jenny Middleton

Jenny Middleton - I like how visual this poem is whilst making a point about aging and holding on to a perfect moment for 'eternity'. Thought provoking share. a day ago  

 

laughingpoet - Yes, great write I had a clock like that. Wait, I still have it, it looks too nice to throw away and too expensive to repair so no worries that time has stopped.

Nicely written

 

I stayed at a boutique hotel in New Orleans years ago. I saw this old clock as described in my poem in the hotel's lobby. I gazed at the clock because I was puzzled by the motionless pendulum and smooth movement of the clock's hands. One staff probably noticed my perplexion and told me that the clock's mechanic broke and was converted to a quartz clock. 

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• Nice! Everything is dancing. The halted pendulum is dancing too. -陶陶三- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 09:58:36

• Grandfather Clock-:))&-Home-,hickory, dickory,dork-:)).. -青鬆站- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 09:58:41

• Real fun! -顫音- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 20:35:58

• I had a clock like that; wait, I’m kind of like that. :) -ibelieu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 11:08:36

• The plot of the poem is ingeniously conceived. :) -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 12:20:10

• 真想象不出時間的盡頭是什麽 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 12:36:25

• 謝謝讀貼 -顫音- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 20:36:42

• 喜歡上聯，覺得可以結束在 “halted”，更有餘味 -天玉之- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/24/2021 postreply 21:29:26

• 好詩！有聯想！我有一個這樣的表！也聯想到時間那條無岸之河！ -天山晨- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/25/2021 postreply 06:53:09

• This is a really nice poem. Love it! -甜蟲蟲- ♀ (256 bytes) () 06/25/2021 postreply 12:20:31