POETRY / POETRY PROMPT

There’s Never a Forever

A tanka trilogy on impermanence

Forever’s a lie; a fiction we tell ourselves to ease the terror of the final cessation and the grave that looms ahead.

Harken to the truth that nothing lasts forever. Prepare, but don’t fret, for all life is transient and impermanence rules all.

The clock is ticking, and the sands are running down, so do not assume you will always have more time. There’s never a forever.

With thanks to Sahil Patel for creating this poetry prompt challenge:

Day 15’s prompt is “write a poem about a thing/event or person that you want to last forever”:

No-pressure, obligation-free invitations to Dr. Preeti Singh Dr. Fatima Imam Josh Balerite Acol A Rustic Mind (Manali Desai) Prasant Trivedi Bhavna Narula Orla Kenny Anchal Melanie J. Carolyn Hastings Kyomi O’Connor TC Hails Karen Falcon Adelia Ritchie Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) Anthony O’Dugan Jeff Ehren Jack Lincoln Denise G Tree Langdon Jennifer McDougall Skye Mo’ipulelehua Kahoali’i Will Hull Edward Riley Sherry McGuinn Gaby Rogut Lindsay Soberano-Wilson Lee Ameka Sarah Paris Laurie Perez David Rudder Spyder Diana C. Galit Birk, PhD Kiki Wellington Dave Logan Rhonda Marrone Haikuster Roz Warren Denise Larkin Tre L. Loadholt Colleen Millsteed K.Kumar John Uzuegbu Joel A. Johnson Giulietta Passarelli Nora Dane Anthi Psomiadou Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) Christina M. Ward Eva Rotolo Vincent Pisano Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D. Samantha Lazar Kimberly Hampton Nilsson Kent Clark and anyone else who would like to join in on this prompt. (Apologies to those who have already completed this prompt — I’m a few days behind, but will catch up asap!)

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