Time's Turning
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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.
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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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,