Escher, Gödel, Bach, together
make mind's music tempo weather
form to storm blocks, light as feather
turn constraints most, far less clever,
see as strictures which tight tether,
not as pictures hell-for-leather
spirit lead to question whether
consistency's illusion ever.
Patterns into patterns weaving
both deceiving, undeceiving,
here perception sees stairs leaving
there inspection stares, seize cleaving.
Somehow someone reconciling
forwards, back, and time a-whiling,
motion into more compiling,
starts ball rolling inwards smiling
outwards treadmills single-filing
round in circles never riling,
ever onwards as the aisle in
fact or fiction sets key styling.
As impressions artist wording
so the poet, insight girding
paints life's canvas sixth sense herding
into bridge for future wording.
Mind unwinding never minding
dizzy blinding reels from binding
backwards grinding, from behinding,
springs forth for a fourth time binding
far horizons, nearness, finding
that perceptions interwinding
vision skew to keep reminding
constantly of traces grinding.
Keeping tabs on locomotion
through a tableau that commotion
seems, in turmoil, senseless ocean,
stems from structure's subtle potion.
Thus confusion into fusion
tracks intact design solution
ends, means melds without intrusion
'spite apparent convolution,
inks links' thinklings in profusion
to coherency's conclusion
in a trice as revolution
follows former revolution.
As on canvas, outing, inning,
every level underpinning
exits, entrances rolls spinning
out with no precise beginning.
Pattern's blueprint formulation
seen from every angle, station,
heightened by anticipation,
tunes vocation through elation.
Thus, thereby, emancipation
spins from, through, strict forms - sensation
self-sustaining, graduation
from starting point to revelation.
Theme dream on examination
mocks fixed formulae - vocation
centred on an evocation
of infinite re-rotation.
Constant, also, the vibration
of energy whose swift gyration
channels vim swim through migration
of and from no fixed location,
to, from, some conscious bifurcation -
de facto self-perpetuation -
factoring each fresh mutation
in reworked association.
Page sets stage thats soon a-filling
and attention draws which, willing,
keys to context, content, spilling
from poetic pen fulfilling.
Images retinal reeling
showing much, as much concealing,
flowing touch in touch revealing,
knowing such from time time's stealing,
offer insights into feeling
through dimensions thus unsealing
variations on themes peeling
from perceptions wheeling-dealing
round and round with no chance-dancing
as each level all enhancing
contributes to each entrancing
wave with exit, entrance, glancing.
Rendering impressions sending
bending into further bending
humour with perspective lending,
leading where uncondescending ?
Fencing words then fences mending
up, down, sideways, first ascending,
then descending ending, ending
in horizons more appending.
Why continue rhyming chiming,
rapid rhythmic tempo climbing,
further options subtle priming
til atrophy a trophy timing ... ?
Gold trophy winner
Adding your comment:
As I said I was enjoying your poem, then I realised I needed a bathroom break.
. Rewarded 8
