Under tables, under chairs, caught in the fringes of the rug,
Look at the glittering fractals of our love –
Zestful colours, shimmering, shining,
Pieces scattered like confetti, all across the floor,
Zig-zag sides and gentle, curving edges
Eternal puzzle, always seeking to be solved.
I think I’ve invented a new form. An anacrostagram – rearrange the lines to solve the puzzle! Too easy, ha? Well, I did give it away. A fun quadrille for Mish at dVerse.
I loved this, especially your last line. It ties the poem up beautifully.
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Fractals! Great image.
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oh well, isn’t this TOTALLY interesting … I mean seriously clever. This poem does, indeed read both ways – the ways presented and then as your “new form” …. LOL – not how cool is this?? Almost a fractal in itself. gold star to you!
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An eternal Puzzle for sure!
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It is probably good we can’t solve every puzzle.
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A future prompt, perhaps? I enjoyed your love-poem anacrostagram, Sarah! A puzzle is a great metaphor for love, something we can’t explain or define, but it’s there, sometimes ‘shimmering’ for all to see, and other times ‘caught in the fringes of the rug’..
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Thanks, Kim. I thought I’d do an acrostic, and then I thought I’d mix it up a bit! I’m glad it worked, though I think it has the traditional acrostic flaws…mine are always a little bit clunky.
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I love this especially “Pieces scattered like confetti, all across the floor.” 💜
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Thank you. Love and confetti go together for me,obviously!
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Well, I love the new form you’ve created! I immediately read it in the “correct” order and voila, it works so well both ways! Very very fun! 🙂
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It just shows that I am not a puzzle person, as it took me a moment to understand what you meant. 🙂 But clever, and the poem works well both ways. It is an eternal puzzle!
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Love this… I think it can be read in so many ways… the image I really love the best is the fractals of our love.
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I see a romping, rollicking kind of love – and these lines stood out for me
“Zig-zag sides and gentle, curving edges”
left me puzzling but I did enjoy solving your anacrostagram
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Thanks for reading. It’s interesting how much you can end up saying in 44 words.
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So clever! And a beautiful piece.
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anacrostagram! That’s great.
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Gorgeous imagery! I like the idea of love being an eternal puzzle. Perfect analogy.
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I love , ‘glittering fractals of our love’.
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