Express It In Eight Poems

time for everything

There is a time for everything

They say that there is a time
For everything under the sun
A time to be born
A time to grow up
A time to be married
A time to raise kids
And a time to
to meet the grim reaper


prompt song


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Below is a clip from an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. (I have always loved that show!) And, if you ever watched it, you may recall the mountain family, The Darlings, who came into Mayberry once in a while. In this episode, the Darlings were visiting Andy’s house, and, at his request, Charlene sang a song, accompanied by her television father and brothers.

The four musicians who played the brothers were actually The Dillards, trailblazers of progressive bluegrass music in the 1960s. Two of the band members wrote the song, “There is a Time”, and the lyrics are also below.

Let this guide you to your poem in any way you are led!


( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzQQibgciRY )




There Is a Time
by Mitch Jayne and Rodney Dillard


There is a time for love and laughter
The days will pass like summer storms
The winter wind will follow after
But there is love and love is warm

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new, the world is free

There is a time when leaves are fallin'
The woods are gray the paths are old
The snow will come when geese are callin'
You need a fire against the cold

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new, the world is free


So do your roaming in the springtime
And you'll find your love in the summer sun
The frost will come and bring the harvest
And you can sleep when day is done