Haiku Monday: The Winner

Good evening Campers,

Time for the recap. A most interesting competition this week. I don't think I've ever had so many deleted comments. Nor did I understand that time or the passage thereof seems to bother some folks. Being of the belief that you can stop it. Going with the flow seems to be the best way to deal with time's passage. Maintain oneself as best you can and enjoy the ride. Ok enough of all that, let's get on with it.

Jean was first into the fray with:

Time out of mind was
or yet to be remembered
in one-thought pieces.

Once upon a time
this time seemed neverending.
all time is not ours.

A most interesting lamentation of time going by. She had two others on her site, well worth the read if you can stop by.

Troll having just returned from the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah, presented us with:

Neither clear nor fair?
You're seeing through dark glasses.
God's Law is timeless.

The most interesting reality that all that happens isn't necessarily clear or fare.

Curmudgeon jumped in with, delay that. Hobbled in with:

Here in the future,
fusion, peace. How do I know?
Read it twenty years ago.

Warm breast and a burp,
school, love, marriage, children.
Next time...out of time

Well his syllable counts were problematic, his sentiments were good. I hope to see fusion, however it's not likely in our lifetimes. At least not on a usable scale. I think your second one catches many of us directly in the crosshairs of reality.

Moi composed:

Planet's birth record?
No need to time travel. Check
Canyon's grand design

To my mind an ode to the sedimentary record mother nature has left us in the beauty that is the Grand Canyon.

Serendipity brought forth two:

Time etches through time;
Water carves banded castles.
Sand becomes new rock.

Time in wild places
Ticks on a different beat
It no longer counts

Also extolling the timeless beauty of mother nature.

Pam gave us:

Older, wiser, but
know I have a lot to learn.
Loved every minute.

Another season
passes by while I commute.
Years move quicker now

Reminding us that you're never too old to learn and that while our commutes progressively get slower, our perception of time seems to get faster. Not weak at all.

Fishy composed:

Once upon sometime
My life joined yours "forever".
How is this measured?

Time's slippage is etched
into these smiling crows feet.
Mirrors lie to me

Blowfish is a lucky man. None of us know how forever is measured, however if there's an afterlife. I'm hoping you get to pick your age. Myself I'm going for mid thirties the returned from the mirror wasn't too bad then.

Rafael presented

Imagination
Watched sun and moon turn the tides
Man invented time

A most accurate depiction for no other creature is obsessed with time the way we are.

Uncles entry:

Nineteen Eighty-five
With a flux capacitor-
Back to the future!

This one seems to have started a most interesting exchange that got Aunty Belle so flustered she didn't produce one of her own. Humorous but we miss her participation. Sure would like to get my own flux capacitor working.

Czar composed:

Deadlines, mortgages:
Accordion-like squeezes,
But like trolley cars . . .

Tomorrow — flexing
Like a whore — and tomorrow.
Shakespeared; lad insane.

In my slow minded way, I had to ask for some explanation which he graciously provided. And in the one that can fit the term "flexing like a whore" into anything deserves a pat on the back. Sir your ability to engage subplots would have made Shakespeare proud.

Fluer's entry:

Second hand sweeps.
My pulse thrums like summer rain;
one beat skips for you.

I'm glad you could play this week, your laments of the heart of are always touching.

And speaking of touching CoryJo's:

Giggles & Laughter.
Here one minute, gone the next.
Where did the time go

We never know where the time has gone. One day we look up and everything is changed. Not necessarily for the bad, just different. You have lots of time with giggles and laughter left. And with the three new additions to your family there will be plenty more. Congratulations.

While I'm normally drawn to the natural, Moi, Rafael and Serendipity. I find that a bond of partners through time is not only important, but for me right now, timely.

Fishy you've won it with:

Once upon sometime
My life joined yours "forever".
How is this measured?

Please let us know that you will host next week and provide a topic. I would suggest posting here and Toll's so that everyone gets the link.

Thank you all for playing!