Best Patterns Poems

Shifting sands beneath me leave soft impressions
Like the gentle etchings upon my pages
It is not my goal to create a pattern
Ever enduring



February 3, 2019...

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Charming patterns surround us,
          whispering in
          shadows of our lives.
Born as thoughts, painting our dreams
          with landscapes
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Charming Patterns

An eyelet wheel models medieval embroidery
Aromatic, ornamental garden ballet steps for lovers  
Strolling in stately patterns of noble estate
Savory’s romance looping through lavender labyrinths
Lost in curves of sweet scented anise dreams 
A pavel of peace in pungent fans of feathery dill
Set in soothing...

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Life, in layman’s terms is merely that…life
It is a means to an end, a diversion of daily consequence 
A planned out, researched, blueprinted and stamped
happening that all of us, who are still here, live in

Life can be a series of costly calamities
or if you look...

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I've noticed,
As our economic and politically empowered
too consistently lead with their Right,
All us non-elite women
people of color
LGBTQ
and indigenous people
predictably lean to our Left

To find a space
where we feel safer,
and a sacred place
where we might imagine
our lives actually matter....

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(Another childhood poem)

A pamphlet file in green metallic
thrusts through neon antinight
its cornered self, harsh in glare.
Piers of five-tiered fingers --
shelves -- extend beyond,
in series: a formal pattern,
rectangular and angular.
Artificial electric shine reflects
bland or blatant color.
There are books, some in disarray
in order placement on the shelves.
All:...

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Life fulfills itself through you,
All the while, seemingly drowning you and saving too.

You believe you are the architect of your destiny,
As you rise through your own tears and sweat,
Life smiles, lends its touch, reshapes your path.

Like the wind under the wings,
flowering and blooming in your...

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The farther along life's road I go
I'm losing ground, moving slow
I huff and puff, grunting as though
I'm putting on a one-woman show

Still, it's comforting to know
Our Heavenly Father will bestow
blessings abundant here below
and grant us time to grow

But since the date of my birth
The largest...

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Pausing to breathe before falling
into patterns of pain.
Synapses fire with memories
materialized from tissue.

Why pain?
Where IS sorrow in the grey matter
and why does it matter
this pattern to relive pain?

Look at it and let it be
a groove in the layer that folds
under the place that moves a...

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Old man limping
Walking toy poodle;
Patient devotion

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Old master
Kung-fu sessions;
Evening serenade

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Haul of freshness
Seafood and meat;
Home economics

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Bourgainvilleas sparkle
Five colourful hues;
Hot weather blossoms

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Pomegranate tree
Fruiting abundance;
Happy harvest

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Family time flings
Feisty mahjong moves;
A royal flush

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Morning salutation
Music of birdsong;
Tender revelations

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Hear the wind chimes
Familiar echoes;
Songs of long ago

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Home gourmet chef
Whips a magic feast;
Simple works...

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Smoking chimneys show
Autumn nights are almost here
Spitting logs on fire
Sending patterns in the dark
As I sit relaxed with you.


Penned 30 August 2014...

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Observe and see
Festive cheer warms;
Spirits set free

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Cherry blossoms
Pink carpet pathway;
Waiting patiently

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Here's to you
Sakura moments;
Sparkling sunshine

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Moon overhead
View from my window;
Tender conversations

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Mahjong games
Relatives chit-chat;
My winning streak

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Touch of magic
Spring wind rustles;
Cheery blossoms fall

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Moonlight stroll
Old arch bridge;
Squeaky wood groans

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Two cats sit
Eerie moon glow;
February interlude

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Business sold
Fortune gained;
Hollow feeling

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Here's to good...

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Scattered patterns made by rain
cascade down my window pane 
Over glass a teardrop trail
navigates without a sail

I must stand by, helplessly
as they glisten in the light
keeping vigil through the night
in fear they're lost at sea


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6/2/18
8 Lines Poetry Contest
Resubmitted for Brian Strand's August Premiere Contest #480...

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Black birds in the air
Intricate patterns on fence
droppings from above....

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By the Creator, so aptly drawn.
Leaves crushed tenderly by a beautiful fawn.


Ants doing their dance, under a shady branch
Almost seems as they are doing a folk dance.


My head on your lap as the the deck swing sways.
The resplendant sunlight on the deck carpet just 
more...

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