SO MANY words and phrases are poetic
that are NOT YET called poems.
A recent Facebook posting for the Max Planck Society featured this picture and quote by 19th century American Astronomer Maria Mitchell (1818-1889): |
Finding the Facebook item led me to seek more words by Maria Mitchell; at BrainyQuotes.com I found a collection several dozen statements from this scientist -- several of which I identified as found poems. Two of these -- shaped into a syllable snowball and a Fib -- I offer below.
The
world of
learning is
so broad, and the
human soul is so
limited in power!
Snowball, per-line syllable counts: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Don't
look
at stars
as bright spots
only. Try to take
in the vastness, the universe.
at stars
as bright spots
only. Try to take
in the vastness, the universe.
Fib, per-line syllable counts: 1,1,2,3,5,8
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