Today’s Poetics challenge at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an ekphrastic poem. I chose Laura’s third option and began my poem based on the title of an image by an artist I wasn’t familiar with, Bridget Riley, before I looked at the piece. Then I looked at the piece and finished the poem.
Movement in Squares
quick turns, sharp angles
only to find the point of origin
always on the straight and narrow
never to meander with wanderlust
blocks, chunks, cubes
toppling, clunking, thudding
lacking grace or fluidity
except to twirl on that point when found
But isn’t everything on this screen
movement in squares?
tiny bits in a group costume
masquerading as sine waves
films, TV shows, new clips and ads
tons of tiny colored squares
of information overload
bombarding, teetering, tumbling
It is but a trick of the eyes
a play on perception
glaring bright in black and white
the chessboards never meet but fall
and fall to depths unknown
reminiscent of Alice in a rabbit hole
Experience Writing 
A trick on the eyes for sure. I like the movements on the square.
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This is absolutely stellar writing 😀 you took my breath away with; “tiny bits in a group costume masquerading as sine waves.”💝💝
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thanks for joining in – this is a unique and vivacious take on the prompt – I like all the blocked sounds
“blocks, chunks, cubes
toppling, clunking, thudding”
and how you brought us to the bitmap of so much of what we see as fluid. t
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Excellent description “fall to depths unknown”
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Very nicely done on both poems. I love the idea of square pixels on the screen!
Dwight
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Finding the point of origin is an almost impossible task ~~~ I love the challenge you pose and your interpretation of this abstract.
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Thank you.
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