Theophrastus on Time

It's a good time for poetry! I took a Greek philosopher again this week - the suggestion of Irene Latham. Last week I did an eclipse/dandelion poem from a quote by Odysseus Elytis: "You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth" . This time I have the quote from Theophrastus (370 BC - 285 BC Greek philosopher): " Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. " And with this quote, I wrote a form of "Golden Shovel", though with a quote instead of a line of poetry. Each word in the quote is used in order and placed as the last word in each line of the poem. Time Ahead, shiny time ; Behind, each withered moment is Slipped into the Memory banks, most Foolish; valuable Time used for a flighty thing , Slight remembrances of a Time past, acquired by man Who can Never save, but might wisely spend . by Donna JT Smith, 8/14/2017 As I read this a couple of days later, I thought - hey, how