My first Fibonacci poems in rhyming Sestina form
I
Why? I So cry... Oh, to fly, Oh, to soar sky high! Need I, need I write what comes nigh?
II
Nigh... Why Get high? Human, I. Nigh, shall my soul fly; Skies pouring forth tears that souls cry.
III
Cry! Nigh, I'll fly To my Why. Just sweet Why and I, Eulogizing ourselves from high.
IV
High. Cry Shall I When the nigh Night shall arrive. Why Were men given no wings to fly?
V
Fly High, Dear Why! Will you Cry When the night is nigh? Need you cry for a one like I?
VI
I Fly, Night nigh. Rise up high, Wondering: why cry? Wingless, merely a soul, to Why.
VII – Haiku
I weep from on high, Fly, raining tears men shall cry, Nigh to join the Why
d’Verse is taking a break for the holidays so there won’t be any prompts for a while…
So I’ll be trying out a few new forms with prompts born of my mind instead!
I considered the idea of responding to prompts from other groups, but d’Verse satisfies my creative curiosity more than well enough – and I don’t want to spend all of my time responding to poetry prompts.
Some thoughts
- Sestina and Fibonacci poetic forms were not intended to be woven together like this, and with good reason.
- The combined limitations resulted in six Sestina stanzas that are all very similar, which I find monotonous.
- In particular:
- The Fibonacci form dramatically limited the syllables per stanza; and
- The Sestina form required me to end every line with one of six particular words
- Given these limitations, it was easy enough to turn the final three-line stanza into a haiku, so why not?
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
I like the mountainous scenery inside the eye? Creative!👍🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much, Serena ❤ – that's very kind of you.
By the way, am I correct in calling you Serena? Or is it Chen? Or something else?
Yours,
David
Both can. 🙏🙏🙏
You have a powerful and arresting way with words. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.
That is very, very kind. Thank you so much, DDM!
Yours,
David
[…] Souls’ tears, or: Nigh […]
This is a really amazing work!! It’s so interesting this kind of writing, it’s special. It has a lovely melody… ❤
Thanks, Vall! It definitely required me to choose my words carefully – I’ll say that much 🙂
Sincerely,
David
Nice ones. Do try my Invented Poetry form Mirror Alphoppbet you can Google search #Alphopp
Hey that’s really fun! 🙂
Thanks for sharing,
David
You’re welcome even I love to my different poetic forms.
❤
Wow! The outcome is so beautiful. They are some amazing poetic forms.
Thanks, Hemalatha!
It’s very interesting to me to explore how these form bestow new meanings on old words 😀
-David
An enjoyable read. 🙏🏼 I love how you are always trying and introducing different poetic forms.
Well, they make me curious – I mean… I have nothing against free verse, per se, but all of these forms do exist… it just makes me wonder what effect they might have on my words.
Interesting use of the Fib. sequence! 🙂
Yeah, totally new to me!
Cool!
sounds like a bit of soul searching in this unusual format, well done David
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