Patterns
A field of wheat. The information in
the surface of the ocean. How a crowd,
a flock of birds will ebb and flow. The path
the planets follow in the sky at night.
The play of eligible voters, as
they choose what they desire. The path a moth
will take around a streetlight. Mercury
poured on a kitchen table – or the knit
of DNA, the drift of clouds, the choice
of rain to fall or not. The vast array
of things there are. The patterns that they make.
Patterns
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ray miller
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The information in
the surface of the ocean.
Don't quite see that as a pattern, as the rest are.
The play of eligible voters, as
they choose what they desire.
Or what they loathe least
the surface of the ocean.
Don't quite see that as a pattern, as the rest are.
The play of eligible voters, as
they choose what they desire.
Or what they loathe least
I'm out of faith and in my cups
I contemplate such bitter stuff.
I contemplate such bitter stuff.
Hi Ray,
You raise a fair question. The surface of the ocean is a battleground for three conflicting forces in particular: wind, tide, and current. Those forces are measurable and in those terms, are information. A similar argument can be made for air, which would I think make sense to any bird, perhaps on an instinctual level. They need to recognize an updraft and what it entails.
Your point as to politics is well taken. Though I am perfectly happy to vote for an old union man like Joe Biden over a fascistic lowlife like Donald J. Trump. I would do so repeatedly.
Cheers,
John
You raise a fair question. The surface of the ocean is a battleground for three conflicting forces in particular: wind, tide, and current. Those forces are measurable and in those terms, are information. A similar argument can be made for air, which would I think make sense to any bird, perhaps on an instinctual level. They need to recognize an updraft and what it entails.
Your point as to politics is well taken. Though I am perfectly happy to vote for an old union man like Joe Biden over a fascistic lowlife like Donald J. Trump. I would do so repeatedly.
Cheers,
John
John,
I tried googling Jess Verschoyle expecting her to be a politician and I found a Goldman Sachs employee?
The poem reminded me a bit of Everyday Eclipses by Roger McGough so that poem might be worth taking a look at if you don't know it.
I like the idea of patterns in everything. I think you could probably add to this, end in a flurry and with something profound to tie it all together. At the moment it ends a bit too quick for me but I like where you're going and the idea.
The mention of politics is only very brief and then that thought dominates and I was half expecting a reappearance of the political. I'd either develop it or lose it.
I tried googling Jess Verschoyle expecting her to be a politician and I found a Goldman Sachs employee?
The poem reminded me a bit of Everyday Eclipses by Roger McGough so that poem might be worth taking a look at if you don't know it.
I like the idea of patterns in everything. I think you could probably add to this, end in a flurry and with something profound to tie it all together. At the moment it ends a bit too quick for me but I like where you're going and the idea.
The mention of politics is only very brief and then that thought dominates and I was half expecting a reappearance of the political. I'd either develop it or lose it.
Hi Morph,
I'd not known that Roger McGough poem, but I quite like his work. Thanks for the heads-up! His is a bit verbose for me, but why not after all?
I like to have the play of eligible voters in here. Patterns are at the core of political philosophy, particularly in democracies. It's the natural world and the man-made world, and how they interact or parallel each other.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cheers,
John
I'd not known that Roger McGough poem, but I quite like his work. Thanks for the heads-up! His is a bit verbose for me, but why not after all?
I like to have the play of eligible voters in here. Patterns are at the core of political philosophy, particularly in democracies. It's the natural world and the man-made world, and how they interact or parallel each other.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cheers,
John