Poem Written During Superbowl XLIX

The Superbowl is really the holiest of holidays here in the US of A.  So to commemorate the occasion of Superbowl XLIX I wrote the following poem  - started it during the pre-game coverage and then added the finishing touches during the scintillating half-time show.  A special shout out to both Katy Perry and Dante Alighieri for the inspiration...

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In the middle 

Of life’s passage

I discovered by chance

A new middle way

An intersection where

Opposites abut one another

Where folio meets recto

Leaving only the

Faintest line running

Down the middle

Of the page

And each mudra

Raises a tent pole

Of possibilities

Each woman and man

Extends like a limb

Of the family tree

A sister or brother

Or else something

Altogether different

But no less by the xylem

Firmly connected to me

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From The Silent Journey by Marissa Bridge;

this is painting #30 in Marissa's new series.  I really love the balance in this composition.  It's exquisite. It suggests to me what it must be like to watch angels dancing on the head of a pin.