{"id":4181,"date":"2023-01-18T01:34:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2023-01-19T02:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T02:40:10","slug":"now-and-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/now-and-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Now and Then"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/h2>\n

Now and Then<\/span><\/h2>\n

by Phil Huffy<\/p>\n

It is no longer the same sadness,
\nthat sharp, hopeless sting,
\nso unremitting,
\nfor much has faded from the mind,<\/p>\n

and even those vivid dreams
\nare now most mercifully calm,
\nreviewing past events
\nonly indirectly, if at all.<\/p>\n

Our favorite tune can be heard safely,
\nwith absence of consequence,
\nwhile familiar haunts have lost their curse
\nand can be driven by without effect.
\n.
\nThere need be no more walks
\npast the old apartment steps
\nto wonder if the new residents
\ncan perceive any traces of our sighs,<\/p>\n

though it is likely that such echoes
\nhave long since faded to the point
\nwhere only the former occupants
\nwould be likely to notice them.<\/p>\n

Phil Huffy writes early and often at his kitchen table, casting a wide net as to form and substance. His work has appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, including Schuylkill Valley Review, Eunoia, Pangolin, Orchards Poetry, The Lyric<\/em>, and several haiku publications. He has published three collections of his poems and is proud to have recorded one of them (Magic Words) as an audiobook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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