Carpets

Silk  cotton  wool

 

An ancient craft

combining

strength and thinness

 

Wing-like shapes

confront one another

or occupy medallions

all around floral coronas

with birds

in formulaic flight

 

A central emblem

inclines to the left

its bright-hued lozenges

recurrent

but not regular

 

Conspicuously

hooked in a barber's pole

embryonic stars swirl

 

Energetic  triangles

rotate schematically

encamped at the periphery

of a placid central slot

 

Fleshy bulbs

and double guard stripes

galvanize

minute magenta spirals

impressed upon diagonals

 

Thrifty rhythms

describe arabesques