Waves
rippling
salt water
washing ashore
debris from the tides.
Message in a bottle,
let the truth reverberate.
This calcified exterior,
its beauty to extol, is none but
an empty shell, devoid of depth to dig.
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Oh, the seashell. Is it as rich in metaphor for you as it is for me? Or is it simply doomed to sit atop a stack of boring papers, empty and alone, regardless of its graceful lines?
This is both a magpie tale and a one shot wednesday piece. The form I use is called an Etheree which consists of ten lines, each line gradually gaining a syllable from 1 to 10 (or gradually losing a syllable from 10-1 if reversed). Words and meaning are open to interpretation, as usual.
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This is gorgeous.
They say the universe is shaped like a shell’s spiral.
All is expanding, and enlightening.
This is a very lovely poem!
xoxo
Lovely, it brought me serenity. I love shells and the ocean
Beautiful rendering of this challenging poetry form. Well done!
messages in a bottle carry such mystery, but the shell it seems is bare… : (
excellent writing, I love this form too…you’ve taught me something new…and yes, shells are indeed rich in metaphor.
I really enjoyed the notion of a shell being a message in a bottle. Nice.
Solid work.
I like this. I hadn’t thought of a shell this way.
Beautiful photo. Nice description.
Evocative and soothing.
Using the message in the bottle was a great touch, really liked the image in invoked, nice one shot.
Such beauty and a little of the mystery of life tucked in here, Belinda. I loved it.
Lovely poem. I’m not familiar with that ethereal form.
I’ve collected shells from 4 of the world’s oceans, and have a real fascination. Your well-constructed piece added to my adoration. Well done.
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A work of art …………
So well done. How nice that you used a specific form. Really enjoyed this.
Wonderful… it flowed so well… and yes, your words and the sound of the waves just reverberated in my mind…
Very nicely written, Belinda!
profound magpie.
live words, beautiful thoughts, cheers.