Nature finds its habitat,
where best it finds a fit,
accommodates to this and that,
so together things are knit:
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to the ever changing circumstance;
to the ravages of time;
to the vagaries of happenstance;
to the slump as well as climb.
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Nature seeks not certainty,
nor acts too far ahead.
It covets not eternity,
so accepts its daily bread.
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Nature is the consequence of patterns in repeat.
Its simple solutions are flexible and neat.
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© Tim Grace, 10 October 2010 (Revised: 31 October 2021)
About the Creator
Tim Grace
A first impression has a lasting effect - it makes a notable difference. In a subtle way that’s who I am as a poet. A ‘first impression’ looking for the gentle ‘twist’ that draws attention to a novel observation.
Getting Serious About Comedy (Part I)
If I were asked to remark on my life and the childhood that paved some road leading me to this point, I would have to say something about all the funny people who surrounded me for the last 26,872 days (and counting). Somewhere along that road, I became a big fan of laughter and the comedy that spawns it – and, I mean not only my own laughter, but the laughter of others, some of which I have actually been responsible for inducing.
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Comments (1)
To the reader: The more we marvel at the complexity of life the more we understand its simplicity... simplexity. So many of our great writers, artists, scientists and philosophers have spent their lives reducing their vast intellects into small acts of perfect beauty. In their own way reinterpreting nature; unravelling and revealing its simple patterns. While praising the reductionists its nature that deserves the greatest accolade for it is endlessly holistic, forever adaptive and constantly creative. To the poet: This is a neat and simple sonnet. The pattern of three four-line stanzas is perfect for an arrival at a concluding couplet. This sonnet being a statement of sorts is emphasized in the 'so that' structure of the first and third stanzas. The middle stanza adds content and context to the statement. As summary, it was important the final couple was expressed as a 'simple solution'.