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What's a possible conclusion?
What's a problem yet defined?
What's a plausible solution?
What's a pattern recombined?
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What's a process in production?
What’s before the way ahead?
What’s a logical deduction?
What's a thought that’s not yet said?
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It's a scaffold, it's a bridge,
It's a design, it's a build,
It's a process, it's assemblage,
It's a purpose ... so revealed.
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An answer defines what's given - the fixture.
A solution describes what's needed - the mixture.
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© Tim Grace, 7 December 2010
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.
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Comments (1)
To the reader: Between two points there are infinite possibilities. How and why we join dots, bridge gaps and grasp ends indicates a degree of purpose. Understanding our purpose reveals the sharpness of intent and clarifies the nature of activity. There are times when a definitive answer too solidly fixes a problem. Better might have been a softer solution; flexible and adaptable in mix. To the poet: Much later, I came back to this sonnet and ironically decided to tighten it up. As a final draft it had far less symmetry and left the reader struggling to find shape and structure. In its current form I may have over-played its pattern; stripped it of variation... left it void of interest. I may have over answered its solution... what's fixed cannot be mixed.