Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)
Q is for… Quadragenarian
~ by Laurel Regan
(Pssst… new here? Welcome to Alphabet Salad! For background on how and why I got involved in both NaPoWriMo and the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, check out this post… and, if you’d like to catch up on my progress to date, my challenge posts are tagged with Poetry from A to Z. Glad you stopped by, and hope you’ll return!)
as it turns out
that song i loved
when it was first released
only
yesterday
is actually
three decades old
and i can’t quite figure out
where all that time went
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I’m participating in the A to Z Challenge. Next time I do this I’ll definitely have a defined theme.
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April 21, 2015
It does help with inspiration, definitely!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
I am visiting here today from the Ultimate Blog Challenge, the Blogging A to Z challenge, the NaBloPoMo challenge and also the Camp NaNoWriMo challenge. I am enjoying all these challenges and reading the posts from the participants of the different challenges. I understand completely about wondering of where time has gone. My oldest son will be 19 this year and I can’t figure out where the time as gone.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 21, 2015
It really is amazing how it flies by. I can’t say that I like that! Good luck with all your blogging challenges – sounds like a full plate!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
I know the feeling, Laurel. Years go by, children turn into adults in just the blink of an eye.
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April 21, 2015
It’s a little alarming, isn’t it?!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
I’m visiting from the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I hadn’t seen the alphabet challenge before. It seems similar to a blogging course I’m taking that strengthens writing habit. Keep up the good work.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 21, 2015
It’s definitely a good exercise! Thanks for stopping by.
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
Oh my G-d… I just learned from your title (and subsequent Googling) that I am a quadragenarian. That makes me sound very ooooooooold.
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April 21, 2015
I know, right?! I was a little startled to discover the word myself.
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
good one! enjoyed that little poem 🙂
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April 21, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
That is one cool poem! Plus it is sounding true for me too! I told my son just today that the cartoon he is seeing today is 25 years old and he could not believe it!!
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April 21, 2015
It’s truly amazing how time flies!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
Hmmm, I’m actually a quinta (or quinqua) generian at 57! And really, where DOES the time go? Two of my “kids” are in their 20s and two in their 30s!
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April 21, 2015
It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
I know that feeling, Laurel. Yes, I do. Nice poem.
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April 21, 2015
Thank you. Glad you understand. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
Ah! Don’t I know that feeling! 😉
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April 21, 2015
I had a feeling I wasn’t alone!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 20, 2015
That’s too funny as I thought it was someone who was in their 80’s! 😉 Yet, I can understand the what-happened?-where-did-the-time-go, it-just-flew feeling! 😉 <3
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April 21, 2015
I think that would be octogenarian!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
As much as I like your poems, today I got to learn 2 new words. One is quadragenarian and the other one is tricenarian. Thanks Laurel.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 21, 2015
You’re most welcome! Quadragenarian was a new one for me too!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
Oh yeah – I know that feeling, thinking it was just yesterday… and then noooo, so many years ago. Time fly, and you describe it so fun in your poem. Laurel:-)
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April 21, 2015
Thank you, Eli!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
Geez, we do this with movies too. It’s like there’s this time warp when we realize the reason that actor looks so young is that it was shot 15-20 years ago! Love this little poem 🙂 It makes me feel not so alone.
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April 21, 2015
Glad you understand! It’s a little startling when it happens!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 21, 2015
Loved your poem and boy, could I relate. I am also a quintagenerian as that other lady pointed out. My kids are not kids anymore. I feel older these days as if I’m in a new life phase on a downward decline towards old age. Scary, exhilarating and depressing all at the same time. But my spirit is still youthful even if my body isn’t.
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April 21, 2015
That’s what matters, right? I only feel “technically” old – my spirit is definitely NOT old. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Q is for…
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April 21, 2015
LMAO! This sexagenarian can relate, totally. 😀
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April 22, 2015
I’m glad, LOL!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – R is for…
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April 24, 2015
Wow! Expressive and nicely written. 🙂
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April 25, 2015
Thank you!
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