Poem: "Invention"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came out of the January 7, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from technoshaman. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the Steamsmith series. It directly follows "On the Head of a Pin," so read that first or this will make no sense.


"Invention"
-- a Spenserian word sonnet


Feel.
Make.
Steel.
Shake.

Break.
Repair.
Ache.
There.

Stare.
Rotor.
Care.
Motor.

Pin.
Win.

* * *

Notes:

A word sonnet condenses the 14-line sonnet form to just 14 words.

A Spenserian sonnet uses the rhyme pattern abab bcbc cdcd ee.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

now.. I wonder what such mico-engine could be used for.. perhaps an equally small autonoma.

Not so much nano-tech as micro-tech...

[technoshaman]

<3

[zeeth_kyrah]

I wouldn't have used steel, at least not before testing other materials. Maybe glass, diamond, monocrystal aluminum (sapphire, in other words), or something similar. But then, I have ulterior information about microtech and nanotech devices.