A. B. C. D.
You know the rest
26 letters
That have stood the test
Of time
Forming a fractal
Fraction of the alphabet
Alpha and Beta
Help you narrate a
Tale or two
Tell poeple who
you are
For
These individual letters,
When placed together,
Form words
(Which make our lives better)
These words form sentences
To describe a time or a place
Bring your emotions to life
Help you retrace
Your soul
Challenge you and console
These sentences merge together
And slowly evolve
Into fully fledged stories
Around which
Communication revolves
Poetry or prose
Fiction or not
These words can explode
Inform and entertain
Our very own language
That we use to absolve
Resolve and explain
Express our deepest desires
Ignite revolutions and fires
Just 26 letters
Can unshackle those fetters
Change our point of view Bring order to our world
And change it too
Written for dVerse poetics. Yesterdayβs host, Lisa, says: Now that I have hopefully acquainted you with the concept and examples of fractals and connected them to poetry by subject and application, your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is:
1) Use any of the definitions, examples, images, or application of fractals to inspire you to write whatever strikes your fancy.
OR
2) Think about something/someone in your world that you have, up to this point, only given a superficial consideration of and decide to look a little closer at it/them. Use what you discover as fodder for a poem.
The poem above titled 26 LETTERS is the result. Hope you’ve enjoyed reading it! ππ€π
I enjoyed this pieceππ
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I’m delighted that you did Michelle! ππ
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Now that you mention it, language (26 measly little letters!) is a fractal. Punam also mentioned stories in her spin. I like where you took the concept, Ken.
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Thanks very much msjadeli! πππ So happy that you enjoyed it! π I took a chance on them being so and it paid off! π
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π Ken, I have no idea whether they are or not but they have the feel of fractals.
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Yeh, you’re right. π I feel it does too! π
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Nicely done Ken.
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Thanks very much Sadje! πππ
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Youβre welcome
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Those 26 letters are very important to me – and you did right by them with this poem – love the repetition and the rhyme!
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Thank you so much Muri, so happy that you enjoyed it! πππ
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Interesting take, Ken! What would we do without them! π
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Thanks very much Punam! Indeed, what would we do?! πππ
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You are welcome, Ken! We would not be having this conversation! ππ
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Very true Punam, we wouldn’t! ππ
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Wonderful poem. Yeah it’s 26 letters that can make or break our world. I enjoyed the concepts of those words evolving into sentences and then something deeper.
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Thanks very much Nitin, delighted you enjoyed how the poem panned out! ππ
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Wow, now that is something! Brilliant and fascinating depiction of ’26 letters’! Amazing way to put together the importance of these! Was a great read!
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Ah, thanks so much Garima! ππ Delighted you enjoyed it! π
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