Poetry | Rearrange, Begin Again

By Diane Knight, January 15, 2023

(Original artwork by Diane Knight)

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please rearrange……

your thick wall of opinions

so death and decay can wiggle in

chiseling cracks, opening room

for seeds and roots to grow

turning your prison wall to dust

so you, naked and glowing,

full of wonder, may float freely

in the very, very blue

of the very, very blue sky

begin again

like plucking a loose string

pulling a bit more and bit more

unwinding what was something

back into a pile of possibility

like throwing ink onto paper

because a clean sheet is terrifying

like old barn boards and rusty nails

waiting to become something new

like broken bits of the old cottonwood

rearranged into intricate patterns

on the dense floor

like the early morning fog

crowding out the long view

fitting snugly into each crevice

blurring the edges of everything

like an old poem with an old theme

struggling to go deeper, wider

like a life unraveling into possibilities

looking for a new song to sing

To learn more about Diane Knight, read the article The University of Diane. Visit her Root River Current poetry post Those Darn Feelings to read or listen to Diane share two additional poems.

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Diane Knight

Diane Knight is an artist and poet who believes everyone can be an artist. “All of us can create, at every age,” she says. “It looks different for each person, from a little child arranging colorful rocks to young people and adults painting, crafting, doing needlework, dancing, writing, singing. There are so many ways to create. Even cooking is an art form.” Diane has lived in the Whalan, MN area since 1991. She is a visual artist and author of Putting Down Words, a book of poems and doodles available at Lanesboro Arts and through Amazon.