bio-luminescence

Incandescent spread,

flowering gelatinous 

in the deep flowing icy-black

arterioles of the arctic current.

Life flowering Blue sparks captured in a lens;

blurry, blue, electric light encircling, encompassing

all deep spaces.

I have lived many hours and many images, 

         many iterations, in many mirrors, and many rooms;

traversing the infinitesimal chambers of the mind.

I have pulled them out of the sea and into the air and

laid them flat out 

across liquid crystal so that 

they may pass superluminal through the iris

deeper and deeper,

sparking the beginning; 

a flash

of cold, blue, beautiful.

Reviews

[Charles]

The rhythm of this poem dovetails nicely with the title and subject, as does the use of what might otherwise be thought of as absurdly complicated words (here, they add to the effect of flashing brilliance of luminescence). In the 2nd stanza, I'd almost like to see some word other than 'many' in the last line - you've used 'many' often enough to describe the component parts, why not find a better word for the whole of the mind? Very good effort.

[Samuel Ferris]

bio-luminescence i the creation of light through chemical means used in organisms like the firefly, or bio-luminescent plankton. Many, Many, deep sea species, have this ability, and the poem is describing a picture of it taken.

[JENY]

Good..
Philosophical….
But cant you add some rhythm…
It would have been more beautiful…
Will you clarify…
What does the title mean actually..
Bio-Luminance

[Gandré]

Was Venus just another name for Aphrodite, or were they two distinct goddesses of love? I have seen them in this poem.