Small Blue Bowl



Small blue
bowl.
Speck of
blue.
Limitless
black.
Infinite
void,
existence.
Finite
understanding.
Fish
in a
small
blue bowl.
Gulping.
Gaping
at what’s
around.
Existence
in a
small
blue bowl.
Can’t
see much.
Can’t
know much.
No concept
of anything
more.
Just a
fish
in a
small
blue
bowl
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Submitted by JohnProphet2 on December 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aBcAdefgHijKLMBjjnoHLMBPqPqrjslKLMAB
Characters 290
Words 62
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36

John Prophet

John Prophet is considered by many in the literary community to be the Salvador Dalí of poetry. His rough-hewn unfettered style mimics the artist’s unconventional view of perceived reality. Prophet encourages (through the skeletal approach of his writings) the reader to focus on the individual meaning of each word, thus allowing its message to be front and center. Meaning that can be muted within sentences and paragraphs. This creates vividness otherwise hidden. The skeletal nature of his efforts also allows the reader to flesh out meaning based on the readers personal worldview. Thus, no two observers are reading the exact same creation. more…

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