Poet Marian Christie's blog, Poetry and Mathematics -- found at https://marianchristiepoetry.net/ -- is a website I much enjoy visiting; there I learn many many new things. (Here is a link that leads to a list of my previous postings that feature Christie and her work.)
The idea that the shape of a poem may be part of its message is not new -- but Christie has brought more than line-length and syllable-count into the picture and today I focus on her Circular Poems.
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| A Circular poem by Marian Christie |
The diagram above above I first read as "STILL ROCKS HOLD STORIES" -- but Christie's presentation guides me to see more:
Reflecting on the lines I want to add, MOVING ROCKS TELL STORIES . . . but soon I move back to Christie's words and to my delight in the the way that she has used spatial arrangement to form poetry. I close with another of her circles:
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| How do YOU read this poem? |
For lots more great ideas, visit Christie's blog Poetry and Mathematics -- found at https://marianchristiepoetry.net/ .
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