Seven Sisters road runs from
somewhere intersecting the
sweep of Holloway Road and
slightly seedily on to
South Tottenham, travelling
South West to North East: never
speak of starlight, City blind.
© Experimentsinfiction 2020, All Rights Reserved
Written for dVerse Poetics: Stars that count. Laura is hosting tonight and has asked us to write a ‘Pleiades poem.’ I found this incredibly hard, but had to try.
I used to live in Finsbury Park for a short while and often found myself commuting by bus along Seven Sisters road. Not a chance of seeing the Pleiades from this location, but this kind of fits with the struggle I had writing this form!
And here’s a song about city lights outshining the stars:
Experiments in Fiction 
I have never heard of a Pleiades poem so I had to look it up! It looks like an apt challenge to write. I love the crisp way the words flow here!
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The way your personal experience inspired this poem is very unique! :D
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Love how you made it citylike and gritty… those seven sisters seems more real to me than those mythic sisters in the sky.
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It took me a minute to realize that was a “city star cluster.” Your poem is so fluid, you met the challenge very well!
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Thank you Lisa!
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You’re welcome.
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It’s been a long time since I visited friends in the Seven Sisters Road – I remember being city blind. Not any more!
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There’s something exciting about it, but nowadays I prefer the countryside.
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Me too.
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I know it and know just what you mean – a unique take on Seven and you conquered the ‘Pleiades’ form perfectly as it literally swims with the traffic in ‘S’
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Thank you, Laura. I wrote about the stars on Monday so wanted to try something different.
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You had me at “Seven Sisters Road” which sounds like a ZZ Top hit song. You scored high marks rocking the prompt.
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Thanks Glenn 🎸
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Another poetry format that I had not heard of…. well done Ingrid… I’ll have a try one day…
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It’s tough but I’m sure you could do it no problem!
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Interesting, and I’ll have a go at it… 😀😊
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Enjoyed!!!
Happy Tuesday
Much🖤love
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I’m glad 😊 happy Tuesday to you too!
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Great use of the S, and then closing on ‘City’…sounderiffic!
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Thanks Ron 😊
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♥ ♠ ♣ ♦
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Ace enough? I’ll take that, thank you 😊
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Beautifully rendered as each line flows into the other.
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Thanks Eugenia 😊
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Most welcome, Ingrid!😉
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What a wonderful name for a road!…but it should be out where the stars can be clearly seen. City blind, so true. (K)
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It is a great name! Probably named after the chalk cliffs on the South Coast rather than the stars, but I’m really not sure 🤔
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So beautifully penned.
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Thank you Lucy 😊
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I love the combination of you words and the song you chose which was a perfect fit!!! ❤️ Cindy
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Thank you Cindy 🌟
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Always! 💕
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You’re welcome!❤️
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Simply sensational Ingrid. That is why I love the wild. When you look up the whole of the universe is opened wide for you. Amazing how that overhead photo looks like the nervous system of a living organism.
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Yes, I think the city takes on a life of its own. But it’s good to be out where I can see the stars at night!
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I liked the play on city roads, it gives it a modern poetic feel.
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Thanks, just wanted something different from my previous poem!
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You have the rare opportunity of relating what is available on Earth’s city roads to that of he Cosmos
Hank
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Thanks Hank 😊
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A wonderful take using London’s Seven Sisters! My son lives in ‘seedy south Tottenham’!
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I didn’t say South Tottenham was seedy – just the road 😅
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I Hate Tottenham
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Thank you!
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That’s all right
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This brought back memories. I used to do my shopping down Holloway Road when I was a student there in the 80s. It was all seedy then!
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A nice flip from looking upward at the sky to riding on the road. You took me on a journey I wasn’t familiar with: Seven Sisters Road.
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Thanks Lillian-pleased you enjoyed the journey!
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