I Am a Clock
what defines us anyway?42 total reviews
Comment from nartoonla
Hi, Mr clock, Tick tock... keep yet being a clock and yes, what counts is what is within...Swiss made or what kind of clock can be so recognized, forgot, smiling at you.
Well done!
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Hi, Mr clock, Tick tock... keep yet being a clock and yes, what counts is what is within...Swiss made or what kind of clock can be so recognized, forgot, smiling at you.
Well done!
Comment Written 30-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Thanks....I hope my ticker keeps ticking away!
Happy Easter.
Karenina
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With technology today... I do not see why not, smiling at you. Wishing you good positive ticking days and blessed Easter too. Take care
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Happy Easter to you as well!
Karenina
Comment from Zue65
Yes, no one will escape time, we are all subject to it. It is the faceless hand that hover above us all and will bow to, in the end. Thanks for such a beautiful interpretation of time. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Yes, no one will escape time, we are all subject to it. It is the faceless hand that hover above us all and will bow to, in the end. Thanks for such a beautiful interpretation of time. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Thank you for getting the more universal truth to this poem....it does a poet good when her work is interpreted correctly!
Karenina
Comment from Pantygynt
This is so clever. I love it.
They say that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. This one is never right, but then it is never wrong either. It has the potential and that's the main thing. In Macbeth King Duncan says "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face" so we might as well not try. From the photo alone that accompanies this poem we could not tell it was a clock. We could not read its construction in its face.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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This is so clever. I love it.
They say that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. This one is never right, but then it is never wrong either. It has the potential and that's the main thing. In Macbeth King Duncan says "There is no art to find the mind's construction in the face" so we might as well not try. From the photo alone that accompanies this poem we could not tell it was a clock. We could not read its construction in its face.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Many I asked before I wrote this poem, when I showed them that very photo said "No, it USED to be a clock, now it's junk"---which was the inspiration behind my write. Thanks,
Karenina
Comment from Artasylum
hey karenia... this is a sad, tragic read... the clock had to be so sensitive and defend his existence... I honor the this little thing is a clock... thanks. yours, diana
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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hey karenia... this is a sad, tragic read... the clock had to be so sensitive and defend his existence... I honor the this little thing is a clock... thanks. yours, diana
Comment Written 30-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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People judge from the outside in. It's a shame.....
Thanks,
Karenina
Comment from Angela Post
I loved your poem. It has a comforting predictability in the repetition. It is creative. I have never thought about a clock being a clock without the parts that we are used to identifying. I like how you compare it to humans near the end.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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I loved your poem. It has a comforting predictability in the repetition. It is creative. I have never thought about a clock being a clock without the parts that we are used to identifying. I like how you compare it to humans near the end.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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As an RN (now retired) I was constantly reminding family and friends of patients who were in a coma that they can almost certainly hear and understand....so many would come to visit and stand around talking to one another...ignoring the "clock without a face"---
Thanks,
Karenina
Comment from Marisela Contona
I like this. it flows nicely. You have good word choses, and a great style. Keep writing, you have the skill. I look forward to more of your work.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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I like this. it flows nicely. You have good word choses, and a great style. Keep writing, you have the skill. I look forward to more of your work.
Comment Written 29-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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I look forward to reading your work as well! Thanks,
Karenina
Comment from Marge Setzer
Thank you for a look at what makes a clock tick. Or maybe I should say Clock as you have masterfully created a clock that has a voice. The rhyme scheme was perfect and the meter never faulted. This is a wonderful poem about life in Clock's eyes and experiences - not so different from the human animal. Very nice job and certainly deserves six stars in my estimation. I'll look for more of your work. Kudos. Marge
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Thank you for a look at what makes a clock tick. Or maybe I should say Clock as you have masterfully created a clock that has a voice. The rhyme scheme was perfect and the meter never faulted. This is a wonderful poem about life in Clock's eyes and experiences - not so different from the human animal. Very nice job and certainly deserves six stars in my estimation. I'll look for more of your work. Kudos. Marge
Comment Written 29-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Thank you very much! I so appreciate your effort to read and comment so generously!
Karenina
Comment from June Sargent
Unfortunately we live in a society that defines one based on external features. With or without the hands, chimes, battery, a clock is still a clock. And a human being should not be defined as one of less value if he loses his youth, sight, mind. We have each an internal clock that will stop in it's in time. Very profound thoughts expressed fluently.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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Unfortunately we live in a society that defines one based on external features. With or without the hands, chimes, battery, a clock is still a clock. And a human being should not be defined as one of less value if he loses his youth, sight, mind. We have each an internal clock that will stop in it's in time. Very profound thoughts expressed fluently.
Comment Written 29-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2018
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OH June.....it seemed like such an obvious concept to me and yet many jus didn't see my point. Very heartening when I read your comments and they are absolutely spot on! Thanks so much....
Karenina
Comment from Swampfox1
Yes, I agree with the poem, just the numbers or the hands does not make the entire clock and missing parts do not take away from the clock. Very nicely done and I enjoyed it. It reads well, flows well and brings about its point very well.
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2018
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Yes, I agree with the poem, just the numbers or the hands does not make the entire clock and missing parts do not take away from the clock. Very nicely done and I enjoyed it. It reads well, flows well and brings about its point very well.
Comment Written 29-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2018
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Thank you....one other was ready to wrestle me to the floor stating the analogy was not remotely correct...then you came along and restored my love of living brain cells! )LOL)
Karenina
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Whatever. You're welcome.
Comment from zanya
An array of interesting angles to ponder here as to our 'identity' or the identity of any living being or inanimate object - the clock enhances the notion of change with time
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2018
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An array of interesting angles to ponder here as to our 'identity' or the identity of any living being or inanimate object - the clock enhances the notion of change with time
Comment Written 29-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2018
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We are not what people perceive from the outside...our worth, like the clocks, may be altered only by our own belief in our inner workings, our inner strength, our belief in our own ability....
Thanks,
Karenina
