EMERGENT PATTERNS (photo) & ON PATTERNS (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

ON PATTERNS

startled, she is, she is, when
it hits her she'd rather search out
patterns already there
than make them on her
own

it's such fun, she points out
to herself, to herself,
to point out the repeats and mimicking
shapes, and the rare surprise of a
twist

(all this said sotto voce,
to herself, can you imagine that?
to herself in that inner voice of hers
to her own inner
audience?)

and, better yet, she goes on,
she goes on whispering in her busy mind:
I'd like it even more, to simply be aware
of my place, my place
wherever it may be in the weave
of life at any odd
moment

to be clear, she quickly notes
(still in that imagined sotto voce),
I'd rather see, rather see
what I bring to this art;
and, yes, it is an
art

for where was it I read that we
are all deeply creative? as deeply
creative I'd say, as silk worms who
extrude both the threads
and the patterns
of their own
lives

all while being held, being held
and invisibly shaped by
that larger pattern
in which everything's
cocooned

ah well, come to think of it, she
thinks, she thinks, I'd rather just keep
moving forward, attending to the
needs

of each moment as it unfolds, unfolds,
and let any emerging pattern be a
surprise, when, and if it
will, if it
will


[non-dream free verse poem written 4-9-18 (posted 4-10-18). Another poem (like one posted here the day before yesterday) that I'm not all that content with. But it'll do on a rushed, blue mood day. And later on I may see what it needs. Hm, seems there's a pattern emerging of greater than usual dissatisfaction with my writing .. and, honestly, not only with my writing. Photo "Emergent Patterns" (4-8-18 014v4) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
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