It’s National Poetry Month (no joke!). My intention was to use the Verselove prompt to launch my daily poem post…but today’s prompt didn’t quite work for me.

A morning in traffic (typical) followed by art museum exploration–a perfect stage for a first day of daily poetry.

So instead of exploring a collection of verses for today, my post is a poem that explores repeating dots, colors, and patterns inspired by Yayoi Kusama, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein and a visit to The Broad in LA.

Part I

Each car a dot, nestled against another

dot to dot to dot until the entire freeway is miles of dots

stopping and going, dot-to-dotting

Part II

Dots of light dance with dots of color

eternity and energy reflecting

echoing, pulsing, pushing and pulling

Part III

No paint, just dots

background and foreground

dotting a new story of Eve

Part IV

Not dots, repetition

over and over never quite the same

patterns repeating, repeating patterns

Part V

Dot your eyes, cross your tees

stay on the straight and narrow, follow the dots

or make your own mark–art the world in your way