Praise on Pi Day
Lisa Rosenberg's poem "Praise on Pi Day" originally appeared on Ruminate's Issue 53: Shelter.
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Praise on Pi Day
By Lisa Rosenberg
To praise the nonrepeating, I will praise the
universe: each smooth circumference,
each jagged fit and fractal-sculpted face
of life and not-life. They’re everywhere you look.
The universe, each smooth circumference
of our daily mess, won’t fit in simple bins
of life and not-life. They’re everywhere you look
and elsewhere, too. What surprises us is not
our daily mess, unfit for simple bins,
but each repeated lesson learned anew
and elsewhere, too. What surprises us is not
that we forget, but that our learning shifts
with each repeated lesson learned anew.
The aster blooms. The supernova cools.
We might forget that all our learning shifts
into the pupil of the coming day.
The aster blooms. The supernova cools
its jagged fit and fractal-sculpted face
into the pupil of a coming day
where praise is nonrepeating, and we praise.
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