Primordial, I shimmer
green in the sunlight,
unarticulated compel.
Inhabiting non-existence
just moments before,
primordial, I shimmer.
Corporeally emergent
a novice to being,
green in the sunlight.
Mirrored flip, this to that
craving synaesthesia, an
unarticulated compel.
I went to rhymezone for my synonyms and built a list. From there I created the poem. Here is the poem again, with the synonyms for new and experience bolded.
Primordial, I shimmer
green in the sunlight,
unarticulated compel.
Inhabiting non-existence
just moments before,
primordial, I shimmer.
Corporeally emergent
a novice to being,
green in the sunlight.
Mirrored flip, this to that
craving synaesthesia, an
unarticulated compel.
top image taken by Martin Bahmann
Colleen, thanks for a creative prompt. I kind of see chlorophyllic as a metaphor for poetry.
Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says:
Our first poetry challenge of 2023 is to write your poem by selecting synonyms for the two words below. Do not use the two words—synonyms only.
New & Experience
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Such a lovely and unique poem Li.
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Thanks, Sadje! The prompt made it happen.
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You’re most welcome
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I love “Primordial, I shimmer”. Great way to put together your poem as well! (K)
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K, thank you!
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love the imagery Lisa! ❣️
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Thank you, Cindy!
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Wow! Lisa, you made a part of science so poetic. Cells dance to their own music and that rhythm found its way into your words. “primordial, I shimmer…” feels like creation, to me.
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Colleen, that (creation, as in writing a poem) is exactly what I was going for. Thank you 🙂
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It’s brilliant, Lisa. I like how you look at the world.
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❤
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Perhaps only in certain norther locations… our lawn is still ‘green’ – I like your ‘list’ – I do that too. Though sometimes I just choose one word of the list I make 🙂
I picked up some spider mums at the grocery store… the outer edges are a dark green!
I’m not sure if this video will come up… but supposedly the mums are blooming pink green white mums… who knew?
https://www.vecteezy.com/video/5166517-blooming-pink-white-green-chrysanthemum-flower-buds-chrysanthemum-white-time-lapse (free video)
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I could watch that vine (7 sec video) over and over again. Those are gorgeous!
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The green in my mums is much darker… maybe they are older? 🙂 💚
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Creative and a wonderful way to make science poetic.
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank YOU 🙂
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I love how many synonyms you incorporated into the poem, Lisa! Brilliantly done!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you, Yvette!
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ya know, even before you mentioned the Thesaurus, I could feel it, Lisa… you and the thesaurus became one! 😉
this is a beautiful piece ❤
~David
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ha ha! Thanks, David ❤
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“Primordial, I shimmer” , the opening lines as rest of the poem captivated me, Li. 🙂
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Kitty, so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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“Inhabiting non-existence” that alone was worth the price of admission!
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🙂 Thank you!
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I love your imagery. Well done!
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Thanks, Gwen 🙂
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