Simple Complexity

Observe the wisteria and how it clings to a branch
as if it were born to conquer, twining and spiraling
as if on a mission to make ordinary things extraordinary.

and what is prettier: a daisy or a daisy with a ladybug on it?
or a blue spruce tree with a cardinal on top, singing?
is double-pretty prettier or just petty.

Is it possible to be too pretty--pretty to the nth power;
What of the poor solitary tree bough, a daisy, pirouettiing in the wind,
a plain spruce, all spruced-up for the winter.

Here's to unembellished things, a field of wavy grass,
not a hillside of red poppies or pink primroses--
sonnets to simplicity, plainsongs to the ordinary.



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Written on 2025-10-21 at 00:39

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Yes, your observational poem is interesting. I guess all things can be embellished one way or another. Nature has a way of doing that quite often. Not so often is people observing it, they are too busy earning their daily bread. Blessings, Allen
2025-10-21