Reaction

Stop.

Flinch.

Startle.

Cringe and shrink.

Something is triggered –

but not always to full recall.

The mind can shut things off. Not so

the animal self,

the body:

muscle,

bone,

blood.

Written in response to Friday Writings #91: Muscle Memory at Poets and Storytellers United, using the fib (fibbonacci) form both normally and reversed.

Nautilus

Nautilus

Curving

gradually

through pearly

and nearly translucent

fragile white chambers which once

contained a living, moving creature of the sea,

culminating in a spiral not golden but logarithmic –

this beautiful shell is dead,

a lovely skeleton

ghostly white,

unearthly

pure.

A second 'fib' or fibonacci poem written for Camera FLASH! at 'imaginary garden with real toads', this one word-based rather than syllable-based.

Shell image by Edward Weston. Fair Use.

Oh, Sweet Mystery

Oh, Sweet Mystery

That

coil:

shell, ear,

cochlea,

unfurling fractal

or visible Mandelbrot set –

is it the building-block of life

(blueprint, pattern, form)?

Symmetry

attracts 

be-

lief.

A double fibonacci (or 'fib') written for Camera FLASH! at 'imaginary garden with real toads', where we are invited to be inspired by this Shell image, which is by Edward Weston and available for Fair Use. (This poem is in the original fibonacci form, based on syllable count.)