Monkey Puzzle by Keith Haring
if pieces of your life are only blue
it’s like an endless sky without a cause
the parts will never fit you daily rue
and you will struggle on without a pause
but sometimes pieces easily will fit
your understanding steadily will grow
as puzzles come together bit by bit
you gradually can grasp the why and how
so each and every one of us will have
the grandest puzzle that we have to solve
and some of us will struggle with what’s half
while others let it leisurely evolve
but for a few the puzzle is complete
when life is easy and solutions neat
Today at dVerse Poetics (bar opens at 3 PM EST), Brian wants us to be inspired by puzzles. I have always been thought that life itself is like a big puzzle, and I fit some of my thinking into a little sonnet (back to comfort zone) I’m heading over to a little BarBQ but will be back in the bar tomorrow
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July 6, 2013
Björn Rudbergs writings 
smiles…i must be working mine wrong, as it is seldom easy or neat…ha, but it is a puzzle that makes a beautiful picture regardless….i think understanding does grow the more we play with the puzzle (of life) and find where the pieces all fit…
Oh yes as long as you don’t just have those blue pieces 🙂
haha…i usually don’t trust all too perfect puzzled lives and neat solutions.. think life had its edges and cracks and somehow my puzzle pieces seldom really fit… i don’t mind though…let them be unsolved and drink a glass of red wine… some things just fall into place one day…smiles
I think there are no neat solutions, but there are a few who are led to believe it’s so…
enjoyed this write, Bjorn ~ M
I agree life is a puzzle. Sometimes we choose the pieces, and sometimes the pieces choose us. And, as you said, sometimes the pieces go together easily; and sometimes it is a struggle. I don’t know that anyone’s puzzle is really easy, though it may look that way to an outsider. Thoughtful writing, Bjorn.
I thought this wonderfully put, well written.>KB
This is very cleverly constructed.
How delectable, a puzzle sonnet !! O to be one of those cherished few
“when life is easy and solutions neat” great job on the prompt !!!
I doubt the puzzle of life is ever “done”. That final piece we are no longer there to complete it. Very interesting and thought provoking write. Personally, I’d like more blue…
Well done Björn!
I wonder if a completed life puzzle is boring – I would miss the joy of finding the missing pieces…
Anna :o]
For some lucky few, the puzzle is complete ~ For some, it is a lifetime of a struggle to fit the pieces ~ Enjoyed the form too Bjorn ~ Sonnet is a tough one for me ~
beautifully written, Björn. i’d like it to be easy, too – care to share your secrets? 😉
…i doubt if anyone gets to solve his / her puzzle easily… it’s a long long process of gathering the pieces… some pieces are easily given out… most pieces require a great deal & sometimes great sacrifices to win it… we are only lucky we can still pursue gathering the pieces for there are many who have lost faith & courage already & just settle down unresolved… smiles… wonderful sonnet Bjorn…
And after solving this, there is the mystery of the monkey puzzle tree.
So old and around for millions of years.
What has it seen and what can we learn from it?
Easy? Neat? Right. LOL. Well thought out and executed, Bjorn. There is a lot of tension in this piece.
I think I have met some of he people in your couplet–they do not seem bored. Try as I may to make it seem as if I would hate all blue skies, I wonder. ‘Course. they may be Richard Corey’s in the end.
I am really enjoying your sonnets. They are a word puzzle in themselves… as is the rest of this life, eh?
I really write them as puzzles… going back and forth along the line, but this one came quite easily actually.
Yes, your sonnets are very nice…I like..
but for a few the puzzle is complete
when life is easy and solutions neat
For the lucky few, yes! But for others generally. life can be most challenging and frustrating! Nicely Bjorn!
Hank
I like the way you turned this into a sonnet..I wonder if the puzzle will ever be complete as life is always changing and we try to adjust the new pieces into the picture.
Beautiful …love the way you spun this piece. I like the structure of this poem too,Bjorn.
I do like the idea of letting life evolve in leisurely fashion, rather than fretting and kicking against the pricks, which is what I tend to do.
Great choice in the sonnet form…a puzzle in itself,
Oh yes, got to have colors other than blue! My solutions are seldom easy and neat lol. I enjoyed your use of form for this prompt!
So that’s where I’ve been going wrong! Easy when a poet puts you right! Great stuff, my friend. I like it muchly.
Mine’s more like easy and messy. I keep stepping in stuff. 🙂
Nice write, Bjorn!
Once an idea get hold of me, I have to pen it down. 🙂
Pieces easy and fitting is something I would like…mine is fitting with pieces trying to pop out being hammered back into place:)
Well written…full of wisdom.
Wonderful sonnet, Bjorn. In some puzzles, the solution lies in waiting for pieces to find their own places. Do you agree?
In this kind of puzzles I find the harder you look, the harder they are to find, so we have to give it time. Yes I agree.
There’s no jig saw puzzle I can’t solve, as long as I have my trusty pocket knife, especially if it’s all the same color. Thanks
Wonderful Sonnet Bjorn 🙂 … I so wish I could write one half as beautiful!
Cheers!
FK
A very cool first line, which you then carefully examine. I don’t think many people find that the pieces fit together so well, as time goes on. k.
I want more easy blue pieces for my puzzle.