Fights of Fancy–dVerse Meeting the Bar

I can’t believe I actually came up with something in response to Gay’s prompt for dVerse Meeting the Bar! She asks that we create our own form. I can’t decide a name for it–maybe you can, but here’s the recipe:

• Open the poem by stating an indisputable fact–perhaps based in science, as I have, and then let your imagination take over and see where it takes you.
• Each stanza should have only two lines, each beginning with the word “and…” Think of a child who has discovered some new to her wonder and comes running, breathless, telling you all about it. It should have a tone of excitement.
• The final line should reflect back on your opening statement.

I have no idea where this came from, but here is my example:

Photo: schoolofwhales.com

 

Flights of Fancy

The world is round—

 

and when I set sail,

I’ll ride the Ferris wheel waves;

 

and dance with dolphin

in deep blue-green and silver froth;

 

and follow hummingbirds

as they fly to jungle climes;

 

and borne upon wind’s breath

touch nebulae above the clouds;

 

and then set foot upon the land from whence I came

and find that, though unchanged nothing remains the same

 

in this round world.

 

And this is my poem for Day 10 of National Poetry Month.