The Poetry Show: October Country

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Harvest or Pestilence? Janet visits October country -- again -- Carl Sandburg, Joy Ladin, William Blake, Omar Khayam, Philip Larkin, Robert Herrick, Lucy Larcom Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case This Episode Recorded Oct 8, 2025

Time Passes

by Joy Ladin

Time too is afraid of passing, is riddled with holes
through which time feels itself leaking.
Time sweats in the middle of the night
when all the other dimensions are sleeping.
Time has lost every picture of itself as a child.
Now time is old, leathery and slow.
Can’t sneak up on anyone anymore,
Can’t hide in the grass, can't run, cant catch.
Cant figure out how not to trample
what it means to bless.

 

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