Ductility

duc�tile Pronunciation: ˈdək-təl, -ˌtī(-ə)l Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English ductil, from Latin ductilis, from ducere Date: 14th century 1 : capable of being drawn out into wire or thread

 

Hands full of brail, ductile

I could no longer blind myself in denial

Compulsion and excessive behavior

creating a thin wire

between the pressure of confinement

and the brittle strength

I could not walk the line;

I could only bare to stand

and watch, now fully aware.

Author's Note

the main words in this poem for me were ductile, compulsion, excessive - I am not sure what i wanted to do with them but shackled this together for now.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

ductile is not a word that gets a lot of use...there's this thing on a loom called a ductile sleeve i think...i used to work in a textile plant years ago. i love word experiments and challenges though, if you work up a contest give me a shout and i'll see what i can scratch up...i thought this was pretty cool