With the Present

my excuse? I taught English grammar for over 20 years-

With the present are

then the present perfect must be has been 

the past is always and forever done

therefore the past perfect had been gone.

The future of course will be will or shall go 

future perfect is will have been done

if speaking in the passive voice-

continuous future must be will be voicing. 

I’m sure that is all verbose

except to set up a flow-

and though often unfair

words can often be unclear.

After considering all the tenses 

and to put them all to rest-

a perfect past for any of us  

is really an impossible bother.

For who would dare say

the past will have bested?

And certainly would not consider-

a continuous future will be besting.

So let’s stay in the present

and as has been said, "let it be,"

and we’ll hope for the future 

it will be being mostly continuously.

Author's Note

I spent many years teaching English grammar to high school students - it was a labor of love and filled with much joy - I cannot but wonder if it will go the way of - how to make change, cursive writing, American history, basic science and the arts. As things are currently going in 10 years we will all be communicating with emojis.

Reviews

[Lorry]

Staying in the present is the best bet Carl, without the past to recall fondly and the future to be guessed at.
Seeing as the future can only be fussed at, as it always throws curveballs of surprise anyway, it is the safer place to be knowing that the future will happen anyway.
I enjoyed your write, or as I'll forever now call it, a tongue twister of the mind. 😃

[carl]

Thank you for the read and review your patience is much appreciated. I tried to clarify how it came about in Author's Note - Teaching high school was a blast with conjugating verbs, diagramming sentences, reading the Iliad and Romeo and Juliet - but I did love it and I miss the interaction with youthful minds - this was sort of a throw back to a previous time ( pun intended ) again thanks - carl