Amazing ‘eyes’ that hypnotize

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 19 Dec 2017
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‘Eyes’ that mesmerize
– apparent stillness in the midst
of rattling tail of stunning iridescence,
immense;
– ‘eyespots’ heavy,
motion-resistant,
hypnotize:
background barbs are loose,
widely spaced,
move and rattle freely,
but 'eyes' are dense
their intermeshed barbules
have microhooks:
pinnacle of complexity
for this vision of such dazzling beauty:
couldn’t gradually
develop.

Certificate U
Poem
Grand Designs
Nature

Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

You capture the wonderful strangeness of a peacock very well.  Their beauty has an almost alien quality to it, if you are standing looking at them, and they are standing looking back.  This brought back memories of being with my children when they were very young, and they saw a peacock unfurl its tail for the first time.  They were speechless.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you.  That is lovely to hear. I used to think it was just the size and colour, but was amazed at the structure giving rise to the stillness of the 'eyes'. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

A beautiful study of this magnificent bird Rhiannon. 

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. It gave me pleasure to read up about it and try to catch it in verse! Rhiannon