fibonacci, by Rick Mobbs
[not a] Fib
You
live
in a
shell, a nautilus
shell, a miraculous pearly husk.You
live
in the
shell with a
light. The light is alive,it
shimmers
in the
iridescent glow inside
the shell. The shell curvesin
a
marvelous spiral.
These are your
chambers. You live in light.
This week's prompt was ekphrastic extravaganza. Here is Christine's article on ekphrastic poetry. Here is a Wikipedia article on fibonacci poetry, which this actually isn't; I counted words instead of syllables.
Revised 24 July: changed the pronoun from she to you.
I am fascinated by the idea of fibonacci poetry. Your poem is lovely, the spirit and the form, and the thoughts.
Posted by: rick | 23 July 2008 at 09:17 PM
This preserves and amplifies all of the painting's mystery and wonder. Great work
Posted by: Nathan | 24 July 2008 at 05:57 AM
rick: it was an easy choice of paintings -- this one seems meant for Watermark, don't you think?
Nathan: Thank you. I'm glad to have discovered your site.
Posted by: SB | 24 July 2008 at 11:57 AM
I love this, Sharon.
Posted by: Dick | 26 July 2008 at 11:11 AM