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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2009-02-22 11:24 AM



Life is a mosaic.

Fragments of life-moments
rendered trompe l'oeil,
bits and pieces,
past and present juxtaposed;
concave, convex, or flat,
jagged edges alongside smooth,
earthen grout in between
to fill the memory voids,
offering reflective freedom
of imagination.

Life is a mosaic

a full spectrum array
of light and dark,
saffron and sapphire,
sap-green to charcoal gray;
an exuberant symphony of sounds,
each in it's own band-width
of space-time,
from machinery and human voices,
rushing waters and gentle rainfall
to chirping birds and humming insects,
interspersed with mouthfuls
of palette tingling tastes
from sweet to bitter.

Life is a mosaic.

Release your unique spirit
into the tesserae,
allow your being to come forth
and share it's inner song.

Life is a mosaic.

© Copyright 2009 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
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1 posted 2009-02-22 11:52 AM


"jagged edges alongside smooth,"

so very true, Kacy.

And we are all those pieced together learning to make the best of it all.


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2 posted 2009-02-22 12:48 PM


Indeed. Sometimes those jagged edges leave a deeper impression in our memory banks...
like a concave hole begging to be filled.
Hope you have a pleasant day, Maureen.

secondhanddreampoet
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3 posted 2009-02-22 02:05 PM


fascinating take on the Universal matrix!

I find the ending particularly fine:

"Life is a mosaic...

Release your unique spirit
into the tesserae,
allow your being to come forth
and share it's inner song."

MUCH applause for this most interesting 'penning'!

ethome
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4 posted 2009-02-22 03:50 PM


Tesselated is that like multi colored tiles that make up a pattern?

Very very nicely done Midnite.
Life is certainly a mosiac when you look at it that way.

I lost in this and enjoyed it.

Eric

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5 posted 2009-02-22 04:08 PM


Lovely, Kacy.  Yes, we sometimes don't understand why a certain piece goes where it does - until later . . .

Owl


Robert E. Jordan
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6 posted 2009-02-22 05:35 PM


Yo dear Kacy,

Yes it is, and I thank heaven it is.

Love Bobby

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7 posted 2009-02-22 06:51 PM


Kacy, I used to do trompe l'oeil, and used to think how easily the human eye and mind can be fooled. Were I a mosaic, I doubt somehow I would show all the shades of my glass to be honest.

This was a spectacular poem - It is "fer sure" a keeper.

Carpe' Diem,
Mysteria

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8 posted 2009-03-03 07:28 PM


I must agree "fascinating take on the Universal matrix"!!!! And thank you for what you said on my poem “Today God must Die.”
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