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Solitude

by Dovina

Member since 2004 · Posted 13 Sep 2004 · 14 comments

Resting on sand near the edge of the waves a cozy seashell a spiral in Phi pillows of pearl line the abode strong armor against any foe No resident here a home just for one a place to curl up and do what I want Let them clamber and rage and ask where I’m at call me recluse and be just about right.

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[7] Prince of Void 13-Sep-04/6:52 PM Reply
I love the word solitude...u know there is a short-film called "depth of solitude" in that film i really get the depth of solitude ..and its concept was wonderful
[n/a] Dovina › Prince of Void 14-Sep-04/9:59 AM Reply
I haven’t seen it, but solitude isn’t bad at all.
[7] wilco 13-Sep-04/7:24 PM Reply
A spiral in phi? I like the sentiment behind it, but I'm just not feelin' this one D.
[n/a] Dovina › wilco 14-Sep-04/9:56 AM Reply
Anytime I can set two poems before someone and hear him say that only one of them he’s just not feelin’, well, that’s a good day. Thanks for honesty.

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By the way, when a peregrine falcon swoops toward its prey at close to 200 mph, it follows a curve known as a logarithmic spiral. The shortest path, of course, would be a straight one, but since a falcon's eyes are opposed on either side of its head, straight flight would require the bird to cock its head to keep the prey in sight. Nature loves the logarithmic spiral. From sunflowers, seashells and whirlpools to hurricanes and spiral galaxies, we see this form at all scales. Encoded within the logarithmic spiral is perhaps the most mystical of all numbers, phi, approximately 1.61803.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › Dovina 14-Sep-04/10:48 AM Reply
My face is plastered with the Golden Ratio. If you measure the distance from my chin to my eyes, and divide that by the distance between my pupils, you get phi. If it weren't for my wheelchair, and the colossal kidney dialysis machine I've got lashed to my bladder, I'd be beautiful.
[n/a] Dovina › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 14-Sep-04/11:01 AM Reply
You have come back for another look at one of similar facial dimensions.
[5] Blue Magpie 13-Sep-04/10:02 PM Reply
Dear Dovina,
While this is obviously a pretty picture the language usage does not appear to be very poetic to meeither in its use of metaphor etc, or in its imagery presentation, and there is not rhyme or rhythm. "A picture in Phi" what does this offer us phi "Φ" being the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet, the Greek equivalent of "F", a circle with a line through it, doesn't inspire me with images relevent to seashells or hermit crabs or solitude. So I am sorry but I just don't see the poetry here, just prose.
[n/a] Dovina › Blue Magpie 14-Sep-04/9:57 AM Reply
Apologies . . .
[9] Dan garcia-Black 14-Sep-04/12:00 AM Reply
Why do we choke on "a spiral in Phi?" Pray tell, what does it mean Phi not Pi? -9- for being alone in your "phi-ness."
[n/a] Dovina › Dan garcia-Black 14-Sep-04/11:07 AM Reply
Alone in my spiral, as natural for me as the coil of a seashell, as right as a falcon’s dive. (See above)
[n/a] daggatolar 15-Sep-04/1:05 PM Reply
"right" about the "recluse", for how can this poem, any poem be birth
[n/a] Dovina › daggatolar 15-Sep-04/1:18 PM Reply
I'd love to tell you, but what in the world do you mean?
[8] thepinkbunnyofdoom 21-Sep-04/5:11 PM Reply
Interesting to say the least.
[9] eliastemplar 6-Oct-04/10:30 AM Reply
Just swell.