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?
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
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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.