Shoal Cloud
periwinkle stars quilted and filtered squamous morsels light the tickled sand shadows twine and splice scales' pleated sheen a thousand bright flecks forming the dark fish shoal cloud rides the tideโs skin blowy as bird feathers carapaced in silver then surface whips white tipped fin & flip unfolding the eloquence of sharks
written for dVerse poetics “Fractals” hosted by msjadeli
Fantastic! Love the “eloquence of sharks”
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Thanks! One of those lines that falls out of one’s head so randomly. I guess it’s that which gets assigned to muses. But I am a-muse. LOL
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It’s funny, I read this first as a night sky, then looked at the title again and read it as the sea. It’s beautiful either way. I love the descriptive 3D texture you give to your poem.
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Thank you… ๐ I guess it was the periwinkle stars that lead you to the sky
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You’re welcome ๐
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Love it, Worms! Your first two stanzas are especially beautiful.
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Thank you so much!
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My pleasure.
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Beautiful! I feel the rhythm of the sea when reading, it’s sooo calming! ๐๐
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Thanks, Tricia! ๐
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This reads beautifully with that reveal on the last line: unfolding the eloquence of sharks. Stunning poem!
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Thank you Grace! I tried to comment on your poem but had issues but there is a comment from me to you on the dVerse page.
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You have this unique style of writing. The poem is ripe with images such as fish shoal cloud
rides the tideโs skin
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Many thanks! I very much appreciate your feedback
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