Patterns of Life

Leonard Wilson 1948 (Washington state)



**Patterns of Life**

What once was old
somehow, gets new again
The things we've done,
we seem to do again

Creation's  wheel
goes 'round and 'round
All that goes up
must then come down

The heart of God
That steady beat
The cosmic clock
ticks at its speed

Its rhythm goes
eternally
It's in our souls
It's in our seed

Cycles of life
flow like a stream
The mind awakes,
and then it dreams

First, we are young
Then we are old
Our bodies die
New life takes hold

And, so it goes
That's all we know

And so it goes

About this poem

The patterns in life are everywhere. We can only guess as to their meaning.

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Written on March 05, 2023

Submitted by lenadrwilson on March 05, 2023

Modified on April 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme a bcxc xxxx xxxd exxd axex xbxb Ex E
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 519
Words 116
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1

Leonard Wilson

I used to write songs for a rock band in California. I write poems, lyrics, opinion And noir crime stories set in the 40s, 30s and 20s. more…

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  • luisestable1
    Yes, the way things go as in a pattern. The question here is, is this to go on forever? Or will it cease to be one day?
    I like how easy the lines flow and the construction of the stanzas. You did well with both. 
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