the second hand counts down
on a second-hand clock
it needs winding up
the year has turned
and every
second
counts
Kim M. Russell, 2nd April 2018
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads NaPoWriMo: Second
Karin is hosting today’s prompt, which is ‘’second ‘in any of its forms, such as: second helpings, second chances, coming in second, seconding a motion, second sight, a second set, second in line, second child, second growth, second to none, only a second, seconds to go… She has also shared some of her drawings to inspire us.
writing in north norfolk 
That’s an incredible painting, Kim!❤️ I read this as the value of time and how one puts it to good use and yes how utterly lost we would be without that clock! 🙂 Happy April!❤️
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Thank you, Sanaa, and happy April! We have April showers this morning. my cat Luna is dying to go out but she doesn’t like heavy downpours! maybe I should invent a cat umbrella 😉
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Ooh yes 😉😉
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It’s called Hooman with brolly what walks with kittehs….smiles. I used to run around like a mad thing after a certain cat who always wanted outside but didn’t like to get wet.
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🙂
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Excellent play on words.. and, yes, indeed, every second does count these days.
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Thank you, Kerry!
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Now I’m thinking about second-hand clocks. 🙂
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😊
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Clever! And the Dali is very fitting. 🙂
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Thank you, Rosemary. 😊
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So clever in concept and very well done. Thanks! K.
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Thank you!
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Luv the complementing image as much as i luv your poem today Kim
much love…
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I’ll, um, second that!
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Yes, e et6 second does count an$ I may need a little winding up 🙂 Nicely done,,
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😊
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A clever response to the prompt. I love the image. That’s the way time feels to me these days….melting away.
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Thank you, Sherry. Time does seem to be melting away.
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I live this, and especially how it looks, too!
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Thank you, Annell!
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Ah, so true ! Time slips and we must make good use of it before it’s gone.
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succinct to the last of shape of time
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Thanks Laura!
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Brava.. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Thanks Dorna!
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Time…what a mystery it is. Excellent response to the prompt.
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Thanks Toni! See you later on the haibun trail at the dVerse Poets Pub!
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Maybe. Depends on the prompt.
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Love the word play… Every second counts and I run out of them with my more than I can do lists
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Thank you, Susie! Tell me about those lists – I seem to have them everywhere!
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