(i)*National Poetry Month 2021
To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!
5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!
9 April: I 'der' to Learn German
10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment
16 April: Seek and Ye Shall Find
21 April: RIP Troll-like Shakespearean Character
22 April: Seymour (See-more) the Cat
25 April: Love with a Capital J
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| 28 April 2021 picture + form: Going Up |
picture: pixabay
poetic form: Fibonacci poetry
- was founded by Gregory Pincus
- 6-line poem that follows the Fibonacci sequence for syllable count per line:
- 1 syllable for first line
- 1 syllable for second line
- 2 syllables for third
- 3 syllables for fourth
- 5 syllables for fifth
- 8 syllables for sixth
Your first four lines really are perfect for this picture! As a child, the escalator was an intimidating beast. Fibonacci was a great form for this poem. It's shape even works.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy! I like fib poems because they are manageable with number of lines and syllables. This one could probably have done with more revision...alas the pressure to post daily! Hee hee. :)
DeleteOur science museum's escalator shows the inner workings on the side. We never tire of watching it for a few moments. One of the airport's escalators collapsed one time a few years ago, many injured. Although I've never been fearful before, I think of that every time I ride! Your poem shows the fear very well! Yikes, swallowed by that steel monster!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see that exhibit, Linda! I find escalators fascinating and as a child, terrifying. I guess that came through in this poem. :)
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