Classic Poem

Today is a trumpet to set the hounds baying.
The past is a fox the hunters are flaying.
Nothing unspoken goes without saying.
Love"s a casino where lovers risk playing.
The future"s a marker our hearts are prepaying.

The future"s a promise there"s no guaranteeing.
Today is a fire the field mice are fleeing.
Love is a marriage of feeling and being.
The past is a mirror for wishful sightseeing.
Nothing goes missing without absenteeing.

Nothing gets cloven except by dividing.
The future is chosen by atoms colliding.
The past"s an elision forever eliding.
Today is a fog bank in which I am hiding.
Love is a burn forever debriding.

Love"s an ascent forever plateauing.
Nothing is granted except by bestowing.
Today is an anthem the cuckoos are crowing.
The future"s a convolute river onflowing.
The past is a lawn the neighbor is mowing.

The past is an answer not worth pursuing,
Nothing gets done except by the doing.
The future"s a climax forever ensuing.
Love is only won by wooing.
Today is a truce between reaping and rueing.