it
coils
around
a spiral
illuminated
with a mother of pearl shimmer
a vertiginous seduction
into the sea’s ear
cast away
like an
ech-
o
Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2018
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Weekend Mini Challenge: Camera FLASH! also linked to Poets United Poetry Pantry
Kerry says that this challenge comes with a wide angle and any filter of our choosing. She also says that the image puts her in mind of Hedgewitch’s Fibonacci Challenge of August 24, 2015, if we’d like to give it a try.
writing in north norfolk 
I LOVE this! Perfection!
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Thank you so much, Sherry!
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I’m so glad you went with the Fibonacci.. I especially love the final syllable.. a sound of wonder.
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Th a k you, Kerry! I couldn’t resist the Fibonnaci 😊
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Love this especially; “a vertiginous seduction into the sea’s ear”… wow! ❤️
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😊💟
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The math of the Fibonacci is the same as that logarithmic spiral… love the connection there. I can see how it curls outward…
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Thanks Bjorn!
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I totally agree with Bjorn about the math involved in both the shell and the poem. A very stupendous work – poem and shell.
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Thank you, Toni.
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A perfect wee poem, and I’ll confess, as a mother with kids who’ve had cochlear implants, my mind went to the ear, too.
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Beautiful – and so clever!
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Poetry is all wed to the sound of sight, or vice versa — a wonderful visual weave through a sound, ending with a perfect line brake — what does resound when a wave breaks but a dimming O?
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Oh yes, Brendan!
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Such a clever use of language – that final echo so perfectly placed
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Thank you, Jae.
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a vertiginous seduction
into the sea’s ear… love that!
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Thank you, Rajani!
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You have given the shell depth and a unique perspective!
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Thank you, Mary!
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Really clever going with the Fibonacci form! It flows in and out like the tide.
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Thanks Rommy.
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I loved this bit: “a vertiginous seduction/into the sea’s ear”. Such an entrancing verse. This is so well done.
-HA
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Thank you, Anmol.
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Nice, nice! Just love the fibonacci. Well done!
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Thank you, Marian!
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o what an ending! full marks for the fibonacci Kim
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Than you, Laura.
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Luv the seduction of sound. Nice one Kim
Much🍾💛love
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Thanks Gillena. Much love to you 😊💟
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A mesmerising write, Kim. You encapsulated the shape of this shell in a wonderful fib ❤️
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😊💟
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🙂
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Wonderful form to this.
:
‘a vertiginous seduction
into the sea’s ear’
is an indelible line, I think – stunning, really.
I love everything about this little poem!
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Thank you so much, Wendy!
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A perfect Fib curling inward to the knot of shell. Beautiful, Kim!
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Thank you, Sara!
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really, a great form to go with the photo prompt.
a delight for the eyes and tongue. 🙂
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😊
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just word perfect and the play at the end is elegant, stunning and visually (as well as orally) amazing Kim!
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Thank you so much, Pat!
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Lovely! The sea’s ear and the O!
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Thank you, Colleen!
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