Configurations Poems | Examples

SPARK

SPARK

image
of
        isolated moments
fusing space
shimmering
incandescent
configurations

 saturated

shadows

juxtaposed
 impressions

light
arrested
    in time & space

The Noon Sky

“The sky in changing shades enfolds many mysteries of the universe, the shifting clouds, the sun, moon, stars and other heavenly bodies. Its vastness is like the vastness of human mind, shape shifting every now and then, but capable of changing the amorphous into fascinating shapes.” ~ By Poet


In the noon sky, wade the truant clouds.
With the sweep of wind, how they form,
Into configurations of varied shape and size!
Giants, mountains and bundles of fluffy wool
To be woven into yet a hundred patterns.

history of legos

legos were invented ninety-two years ago
in 1933
their name came from two Danish words
leg godt
meaning “plays well”
six lego bricks can be made into 915, 000, 000 configurations
I have no idea how research knows this
I imagine this was calculated by a computer
Lego makes more mini tires a year than
Goodyear makes automobile tires
In my family Legos were not a hit until the 1990’s.
I had no idea they were invented in 1933

THE OPEN FORM explained

images
of
        isolated moments 
configurations

     saturated 
            with suggestion

haunting insightful
 a narrative 
       in the enigmatic 
shadows

juxtaposed
 impressions

light
arrested
    in time & space

Butterfly Dance

 I saw truant clouds wading through late evening sky. 
With sunset, they got dyed in varying shades,
Forming into configurations of differing shape and size! 
Giants, mountains and raw bundles of fluffy wool,
To be woven into yet a hundred patterns.

Twilight shadows slowly began to fall,
Like gauzy gossamer webs here and there
Night came stepping down from the heights.
I heard the wind singing through the leaves. 
Their sweet cadence lifted my moods.

From the forest, a nightingale echoed a happy note.
Crickets in chorus chanted in sonorous tones. 
As I looked on, from creamy cotton clouds,
Full moon emerged like a seductive temptress.
What a majestic sight of incomparable beauty!

Stars were seen as silver sequences stitched on,
An unfurling cerulean veil of chiffon silk.
I felt so weightless, being lifted to great heights. 
As I lost myself in the irresistible charm of the night,
A thousand butterflies of joy danced within me.

Meditative An Open Form

MEDITATIVES

burning shame
 reclusive
& ascetic
 depicted
 concentration
in a
 muted
panoply
of humdrum
existence
continuously
&  meticulously
 shuffled

 a lyrical
 intensity
 discovered
 suspending time
in
 memorable images
  unveiled
 modesty
 passionate
in
 poetic celebration

quiet
 enigmatic
pure:
 flirteing
 with abstraction
an
 emphasis upon
 time-stopping
stillness
sensuouality
 in
 making
 which confounds

 distinctive
often recurring
in
 elaborate
 pieces
  infinitely
arranged
in
 intricate
configurations
imbued
 contours
an
 ensemble
of painted
cornucopia
 quivering
yearning
clustered
 subtly
caressed
 seeking solace
in
the
  surrounding void
in
cautious
togetherness
cloaked
 casting
 long shadows
 transforming
the everyday
with
 inanimate
transcendency

Configurations

CONFIGURATIONS

 excitment
in gestural
 figurative
emotive
 motifs

highlighted
 moments
becoming
reasons
&
 influences
 of
existential
purposets

incorporating
 themes
 taking stock
events
in
 polar
 opposites
 to ruminate
over
&
acknowledge
imagination
 uncover
see
&remember

so
open
& free
a
collaborative
harmony
as a
 starting point

punctuate
&
entrench
 a
recurring
optical
effect
of
an
unknown

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand

Configurations

CONFIGURATIONS

 infinite
 images
variations
  of the frequent
 in
a  marginalised
  flourish

 often loose
 & unexpected
minimalised
the
notable
traditional
  role
 of the
community
 an illusion
tellingly&
   lovingly
executed


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand

Evening Sky

In the evening sky, wade the truant clouds
sailing ships over blue aquamarine
with the sweep of wind, they split and form
into configurations of varied shape n' size!
giants, mountains, bundles of fluffy wool
to be woven into yet a hundred patterns

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Immortality

immortality
wide-spread human delusion
short lived confusion
denies the fragility
of living on this planet

most plain simple words
will have much longer life spans
than any human
focusing on the person
blurs the image of mankind

seven thousand years
of known human history
but a minute glitch
within millions of eons
contained in this existence

feeling immortal
misinterprets eternal
limits perspective
evolution's main purpose
better configurations

Brother Sister Groninger

Brother & Sister Groninger
Tom Wright
3/26/01 

It wasn't,
by mere happenstance we met.
Or by odd chance,
our friendship grew.
But for selfish reasons did we huddle
as close as we dared get.
Gleaning pearls of wisdom
from the two.

We saw in them,
those things we cherished most;
And always with each calling
were made to feel at ease.
Not beheld as wayfarers,
nor they, as hostess and host;
Then always upon our exit, their hug,
her buss upon the cheek and "come again please".

If insignificant things were done,
oft as a task, they'd see.
Rarely, if ever, realizing,
that their giving was much more.
Adult education per se,
without books, tuition, or exams, but free.
From our two smiling friends,
each time our knuckles found their door.

Now alongside, again, they lie,
'mongst configurations of chiseled stone.
Spirits, since ushered to their reward,
as it will be for all one day.
But from their lives, "Snow Angels" were left,
not for family alone.
For God saw that we had need of these tracks,
as memories, to assist us in our way.

Contemplating

               Contemplating, 
               contemplating....
               Sounds so very
               like me!
               Trying to add up 
               life's wondrous 
               configurations?
               In my minuscule, 
               mental nation!
               After many decades, 
               my mind is so very 
               tired.
               Still won't get it...
               till a stamp on my 
               head that reads, 
               "Expired!"


                   8/21/2021
                        4

Water Is Life

water is part of my very existence 
it is within me and all around me in different configurations
in the rainwater that drips and flows upon my windows
drizzle in the night and my tears that fall forming teardrops

in puddles after a summer storm

the dew on my flowers of morning dripping in the sun
in different drinking glasses, my bathtub, my saliva,
an ice cube melting growing smaller 

a spill, a spatter, a sprinkle, a dribble

the lakes, rivers, streams, oceans and seas
pools and fountains and waterfalls, fish tanks and fish ponds 
the great northern glaciers shifting and moaning
melting and flooding the ocean changing the world's architecture  

a drop in the ocean spreading and spreading
waves crashing on a shore endlessly 
and foam gathering, misty

snow falling in intricate snowflake patterns
the contour of ice icicles  
frost freezing on my windows in filigree shapes
a snowman melting in spring

___________________
June 15, 2021

Poetry/Free Verse/water is life
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All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France

Arrested Moments

images
of
    short 
        isolated moments 


configurations

     saturated 
            with suggestion

 symbolistic in style

influenced by

sunlight on a a wall


haunting insightful
 a narrative 
       in the enigmatic 

juxtapose impressions

of
our
    every day moments
arrested
    in time & space

Tightrope Walker

Some colleagues found him a tad frivolous
  While others thought him over-fastidious
The Dean advised him to start off assiduous
  Though I.T. pooh-poohed it all as ridiculous...

So the new instructor shifted and twisted
  himself into the oddest-looking pretzel-like
pedagogical configurations, hoping to please everyone
  but -- you guessed it -- he pleased no one, OF COURSE!
    not his colleagues, not the Dean, not I. T. … 

Yet his students found him competent, considerate, kind
  and they certainly didn't seem at all to mind that
an 'ideal combination of qualities' he never did seem to quite find --- 
  
    the rarest of balancing acts, about which certain 
    colleagues, the Dean, and I.T. will forever whine

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