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?