We were
born to conceive
of one day being reborn
to conceive of outer lightness
beyond our firmly defined darkness
we set to wondering beyond this shell
within mom’s gift, we start the hard task
we weaponize our beaks and begin seeking
in curving warmth, we craft chilling cracks
the universe is what we know to imagine
we curse our shell for what we may
have missed, before a first crack
gave birth to the next one
recycling marvel
The Fate of Easter Eggs
Usually not a fan of the poetry in Dialogue, etc. but this was awesome!
The formatting alone is worth a thumbs up! Great job!
Yes, I have no idea how to do formatting like that. Please share!
Thank you very much for your comments. As for the formatting, it’s just good old centered text. Then for me, I’m starting with 2 or 3 lines of text that are the point of the poem for me. I flesh those out with additional lines. Because it’s a shape poem, there is a bunch of trial and error to get the right sequence of lines at the right length.
A classic example of a shape poem is also Easter themed: George Herbert’s “Easter Wings.” Short and well worth the read. He even incorporates rhyme:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44361/easter-wings
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
~Cohen