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"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand the problem it well enough." => attributed to Albert Einstein.
"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." => attributed to Woody Guthrie. 
Simplicity is not where you begin. It is what remains after working through complexity and discarding what's revealed as unnecessary. => original quote by the author.
If you're wrestling the tail, you've probably forgotten where the dog is. => original quote by the author.

This poem uses a NEW Form => Criss-Cross - Pivot => see details here:  https://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry/blogs/new_poetry_form_-_the_criss-cross_pivot-45140

 

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Criss-Cross Pivot - Creativity

. Project                                                                Defined
.concepts                                                            expanded
.        ideas                                                       multiply
.      features                                                  added
.            layers                                             stacked
.            options                                         expanded
.         exceptions                                    accumulate
.               patches                                applied
.         workarounds                            accepted
.              complexity                        compounds
.              functionality                    buckles
.                      monster                grinds to halt
.                       It's a dud           It don't work
.                          intricacy      dethroned
.                           Emperor   no clothes
.                                 CREATIVITY
.                              Dump   The lot
.                            clutter       discarded
.                            gems           rescued 
.                       embers               saved
.                     the rest                   binned
.                   swallow                       pride 
.                      take                            a break
.               embers                                reignite
.            vacation                                   dreams
.         sleepless                                       nights
.    new shoots                                           emerge
.        Ah-Ha!!                                              That'll work
.       Get up                                                   Write it down
.      It's so                                                         obvious
. Elegant                                                            Simplicity

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Andrea Dietrich June 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM You are a master of your own form. Sure wish I understood about making music the way you do to go with poems. I am sure you did it for me in the past and I really appreciated that. Amazing poem John Anderson June 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM To continue - download the MP3 file you want into the PS edit form. I actually use the song to edit my words to improve the rhythm a flow - often 10-12 attempts to get the final song and verse. Cheers John Anderson June 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM I use suno.com to make the music. Click create - enter your poem. Select a style, I mostly use piano recital or folk. Add a song title. Select male or female and the tool does two versions. You get 5 songs a day free. Subs are cheap . Give it a go! Download the MP3 file a s