O at the Edges

Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.

Patience

Posted on July 3, 2022 by robert okaji

Patience

How time collapses
even the longest
held dream – that

trip to Italy
or the stilted
studio to the

barn’s rear, or
even the first
book and its

publication to early
acclaim by age
forty, fifty, sixty…

“Patience” first appeared here in October 2018.

7 thoughts on “Patience”

Liz Gauffreau on July 3, 2022 at 7:54 am said:

I know the feeling!

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- robert okaji on July 5, 2022 at 12:22 pm said:
  
  The timeline has been revised to “before I die.” 🙂
  
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  - Liz Gauffreau on July 5, 2022 at 9:32 pm said:
    
    That’s my revised timeline as well.
    
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Lynne Burnett on July 4, 2022 at 10:25 am said:

Wish there was a love button – I love this and can exactly relate!

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- robert okaji on July 5, 2022 at 12:23 pm said:
  
  I still like to believe that opportunities will come our way!
  
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  - Lynne Burnett on July 5, 2022 at 1:12 pm said:
    
    You know, I think they will – and look at your recent Slipstream chapbook honour – that’s a yaay!
    
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    - robert okaji on July 6, 2022 at 9:17 am said:
      
      The last eighteen months have been kind to me!
      
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