An exercise for Writer's Resource Centre during the 30 Poems in 30 Days project; composed during a WordsFlow session.
Assignment: use the words 'casual' and 'formal' in the same session.
I take this plate before me on the table.
It's round, it's white, the rim is slightly raised.
The tiny, feathery flowers around the edge
look like waratahs or fleur de lys.
The china shine reflects the ceiling shadows.
On one side, near the bevel of the rim,
lies a casual dollop of Tadziki dip.
It could be cream – white, unidentified.
Light from the window forms a triangle
reflecting on the section opposite me.
All these white on white divergent shades
of grayer or brighter white, opaque or gloss!
The green around the edge is dull, shaded,
formal patterns of light and dark in sequence:
the dark leaves fanning out symmetrically,
the lighter sometimes fanning, sometimes flat,
and sometimes shaping fractal curlicues.
Dotted among them, minute flowers form stars.
© Rosemary Nissen-Wade 2007
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