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    Time's Turning
    Time's Turning
    Time's Turning
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    Time's Turning

    By James Hilgendorf

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    A book of Poems and Prose

     

    Time runs down the

    Face of the clock,

    Blurring the actual

    Moment where we

    Play our part,

    Unhampered by seconds

    Or minutes or hours,

    Poised upon the

    Turning point of forever.

    It is here that we become

    All that we can dream

    Or be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Hilgendorf
    Release dateAug 19, 2020
    ISBN9781393438090
    Time's Turning
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    James Hilgendorf

    James Hilgendorf is the author of nine books - "Life & Death: A Buddhist Perspective", "The Great New Emerging Civilization", "The New Superpower", "The Buddha and the Dream of America", "A New Myth for America", "Poems of Death: Time for Eternity", "Handbook for Youth in a Muddied Age", "Maybe We Need a New Religion", and "Forever Here". He is also the producer of The Tribute Series, a series of highly-acclaimed travel films that are in homes, libraries, and schools all across the United States, several of which have appeared on PBs and international television.

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      Book preview

      Time's Turning - James Hilgendorf

      Time's Turning

      Poems & Prose

      by James Hilgendorf

      Published by

      James Hilgendorf

      Copyright 2020 by James Hilgendorf

      *****

      CHAPTER 1:  POEMS

      *****

      Time's Turning

      Time's turning is when

      Leaves morph to gold,

      All richness within showing

      Itself in dazzling colors,

      Fracturing in the sunlit

      Autumn light.

      Not a time of sorrow, or

      Regret, but glory and

      Revelation, the fullness of

      Time well-spent,

      Richness like ripe apples,

      Or pumpkins grinning at

      Carnivals of children

      Parading under golden

      Leaves, smoke in the air,

      Festival time, country pies,

      Covered bridges and

      Horse-drawn carriages,

      Taking us back to a time

      When the world seemed

      Whole and filled with

      Wonder and mystery and

      All was bounded by

      Lonely country roads. 

      All those times, all those

      Memories, resurfacing now,

      Like sap drawn up a tree,

      Sweet from the origin of

      My own time, filling the

      Tree of time's turning with

      Luscious colors and

      Ripeness and blazes of

      Lovely remembered light.

      This is the time when

      Forever comes on,

      Welcoming everything,

      The center at the

      Heart of time's turning

      That never turns.

      *****

      The Self Emergent

      Not every flower

      Knows its name.

      It struggles in

      Obscurity, hidden

      From the light,

      Entrenched in pathways

      Innumerable, forever

      Unknown.

      Ah, there will come

      The time when

      Shyness be shed,

      And bold advances

      Be had, the real

      Self emerging, blatant

      As trumpets,

      Strident horns blaring,

      All announced for

      Everyone to see.

      Wait for the moment.

      Let your voice gather

      Urgency and timber,

      Rolling forth over the

      Hills, undeniable,

      Heard by all,

      Shedding grace, hope,

      Beauty to all.

      Flowers of fragrance,

      Flowers of forever,

      Flowers for everyone

      To see.

      *****

      Never the Same

      Time and space can

      Turn in a moment,

      Everything seeming

      The same, but

      Everything juxtaposed,

      Looking like what

      Happened a minute ago,

      An hour ago,

      Five years ago,

      Without change, yet

      Everything in the

      Depths of life

      Utterly transformed.

      Now is never the same.

      Now is now, and

      Never was before.

      One's life can turn

      On a dime, go from

      Sadness to joy,

      Regret and nothingness

      To loveliness and eyes

      Brimming with anticipation

      Of the turning of the

      Next moment,

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