Tag Archives: present

the future

Posted on May 10, 2022 by AnElephantCant

the future today is the endof all that we wereof all that we promisedourselvesand each other you thought I was perfectfor youyou saidbut you said itin the past tenseand not the presentsotoday is the endof the future *** Click here … Continue reading →

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Christmas Haibun

Posted on December 21, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant forget Santa time So he writes this piece of whimsy He is still plotting To hang up his stocking Although he does not have a chimney Xmas in Isipingo Life in South Africa in 1958 is quite different from … Continue reading →

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Rhymes

Posted on September 16, 2012 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant forget the old days When summers were long and hot He was young strong and immortal And time stood still or so he thought But the future grows forever smaller The past gets greater every day The present moves … Continue reading →

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