maker memory law:
hold the circle firmly
and tattoo with two
fish profiles chasing
each other, a revolution
of infinity. As the moon
chases the sun across
the sky, each resting
in equal measure,
light and shadow a
matched pair, dancing
from the darkness
comes a seed to the light
creation bursts forth
in the warmth,
with nurturance blossoms,
bears fruit
with seeds that will sleep
under white blanket
dreams of green
compromise of spring
begins a loop again
Merril is today’s host at dVerse. Merril says:
So, today I want you to write a poem that explores revolution in some way. My aim is not to be particularly political. You can write about historical or modern revolutionary movement, but you can also write about the revolution of celestial bodies, or you can discuss revolving motion in some way. You can also use a painting as inspiration. Perhaps start your own poetic revolution or invent a revolutionary new poetic form!
I had never heard of or seen a taijitu symbol before, Lisa, and think it’s rather beautiful. I like the idea of a ‘revolution of infinity’ and my favourite lines are:
‘from the darkness
comes a seed to the light
creation bursts forth’.
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I just call it a yin-yang symbol. Thanks, Kim, glad you enjoyed the poem.
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This is so well written Li.
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Sadje, thank you, my friend.
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You’re welcome Li.
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I didn’t know the term, though certainly the yin/yang concept. This is lovely–the circles of live, the “revolution of infinity.” I love that!
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Great! Thank you, Merril.
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Billy Preston is having a lot of fun singing this song. Preston co-wrote ‘Will It Go Round In Circles’ with his friend and regular collaborator Bruce Fisher, who got to quit his job in the NBC mailroom when the song blew up. Preston told Fisher that he had a song but didn’t have a melody. They made a joke out of that, and the joke became a song.
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Oh wow, that’s a cool origin story. It’s a very metaphysical concept, the paradox of the lyrics. “I got a dance, it ain’t got no steps.” Isn’t it neat how just one word or one line can be a “seed” that bursts forth of such wonderful creativity?
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The cycles of nature, the ultimate revolution. I like your seeds bursting into creation too.
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Jane, thank you.
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Nature is always at work. I specially admire this:
a revolution
of infinity
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Yes it is, Grace. Glad you liked that part of the poem, thank you.
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“maker memory law:
hold the circle firmly
and tattoo with two
fish profiles chasing
each other…”
This is explosive in impact and imagery. So innovative and imaginative. The cycle of nature and creation, they are one and the same. It’s revolutionary in what it brings forward to the earth either as humans, animals, or plants. I could go further and say that from nature, there also comes our inspirations and what we take from them with us as we grow.
Such the introspective piece. Beautiful and lovely writing!
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Thank you, Lucy. Once you see the cyclicity of things, each at its own pace and each intersecting with others in infinite networks, it’s difficult to unsee. All-that-is, connected by a matrix with all-that-is, like little permeable gears in a celestial clockwork.
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Nice!!!
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🙂 Thanks Na’ama.
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A straight line ultimately leads back to itself, yin & yang, a snake eating its own tail, cosmic concentric circles that travel beyond a billion billion galaxies, as we acknowledge our parcel of AllThatIs; damn rights. I liked ,”with seeds that will sleep under white blanket dreams of green”.
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Glenn so glad you know what I’m talking about. Thank you for your comment.
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The whole world in words. So beautiful.
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🙂 Thanks, L!
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A revolution of infinity…it is. (K)
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I know you know: “We are led not by lines, but by circles — fullness returning, renewed.” I have this on a piece of paper by my computer ❤
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That’s both beautiful and true.
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You know you wrote this, right? Yes, it is ❤
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I’m laughing. I can’t even remember what I just said…
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To be fair, you said it a month or so ago (I can’t remember when 🙂 )
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I was toying with the yin yang symbol today but never got around to writing what I was thinking! I love your poem Lisa and the revolutions of nature 🙂
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Christine, I hope you write it down at some point. Yin Yang symbol and the revolutions of nature is a topic I love to read about 🙂
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Thanks Lisa. I think it is the revolution or cycles that give us hope. All things inevitably change.
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Very interesting! Love Billy Prestons Afro! Haven’t heard that one in quite a few years!
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It always comes back around, the circles say so 🙂 Thank you Dwight.
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such a beautiful nod to the ever-transforming seasons, Ms. Jade. Love these lines: from the darkness
comes a seed to the ligh
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Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the nod 🙂
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Definitely! 🙂
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kaykuala
compromise of spring
begins a loop again
This gives the real feeling of infinity Jade! It sustains itself to be going round and round again.
Hank
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Hank, thank you, indeed 🙂
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I love this reminder of the need for balance and the natural cycle of the world.
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Thank you, Sarah.
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the constant cycles of seasons and life, love it!
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Thank you, Kate 🙂
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beautiful use of the prompt! and the poem is very well composed, wonderful!
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Thank you, Jay 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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I love all of this but being an avid gardener, I especially love these lines:
with seeds that will sleep
under white blanket
dreams of green
compromise of spring
begins a loop again
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Linda, thank you very much.
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You’re welcome!
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These days, it’s a struggle to maintain that balance.
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I have never heard of this symbol, and find it a perfect balance. Well done, Lisa!
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So glad you like it, Sara 🙂
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