Ash
Wood to ash and flesh to dust,
stone to sand and iron to rust.
Leather snaps and fabrics fray.
All things living must wear away.
What we seek to save, we save in vain.
Nature wipes out every gain,
and blessedly, also our pain.
For the dVerse Poets Quadrille prompt: Ash (44 words only)
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I love this one!
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Wonderful poem ! Love it 👍🤝🥰
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Yeah, I LOVE this one!
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Nice job. So spot on.
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Thanks for reading and kind comments.
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Fantastic poem! In just 44 words, you’ve described the entire philosophy of living and dying.
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Thanks, Sadje. They made me do it!
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hope this wonderfull poem does not wear out.
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Ah. What a lovely comment!
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I love your use of rhythm and rhyme here. It gives it an incantatory feel. This is the chant of old women gathered round a sacred fire. Glorious!
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I was thinking of it as a chant when I wrote it, Sarah.
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Judy – that last line is perfection. I think about this a lot, actually – how all of the anxiety and hurt and etc. ends with death.
❤
David
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I hope that is true, but also hope there is something that comes after.
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That’s very well done.
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Thanks, Dan
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Wow, this is brilliant! Every word perfect!
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Overtones of Macbeth, prophecies and sadly, truths.
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Well-encapsulated, Jane.
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🙂
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It is true enough, even pain becomes ash eventually.
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Judy,
The words flow effortlessly right up to the poignant end.
pax,
dora
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Thanks, Dora. It’s nice to have limits to force one to make choices and to come speedily to an end!
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Your conclusion, “All Things Must Pass,” is a favorite George Harrison song of mine. Your poem flows nicely down the page.
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I just listened to the song. I’d never heard it before, Lisa.
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So glad you got a chance to hear it. George Harrison is my musical guru.
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Have you seen the movie “Yesterday” ? A must if you love the Beatles. I’ve seen it 3 times.
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Yes, I have. Neat premise for a movie and they did a good job with it.
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I love that the universe had also deleted Coke and cigarettes!!!
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They did.
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Oh this one deserves to be sung! Such beautiful use of rhyme here 💝💝
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Ah, thanks, Sanaa
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It would be a very short song.
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