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The poem “Tick. Tock. Tick.” by Twila Brase read by the poet herself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28, 2025:
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Video created by Andrew Benson Brown.
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Beautiful thoughts. So glad you have shared them in a lovely poem. Your bio tells me you are surrounded by…
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This is like a song with interesting last lines of verses rhyming.
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Very good, great fun and a super production.
Your poem puts time and space and our place in it in perspective, Twila.
I loved it! And the inexorable rhythm feels almost ominous. Both video and delivery were excellent.
“Design” serves as an important means to sense time, and as an important word in your poem, Twila. With its heavily measured expression of the passage of time, the poem reflects the designer, and echoes the call of passing moments and seasons to measure our days.