Snow
Falling
Gently on
The sleeping rose
Bush, as it prepares
To remain dormant, all
Winter long, storing its food
In among its vast root system.
So that it can have multiple blooms
Produced throughout the next season of growth.
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Etheree
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.
Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/etheree.html
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Comments (6)
Oooo, an Etheree seems so ethereal! Yours was so wonderful!
This was so wonderful! Well done!
Thanks for explaining the format. I don't write poetry so the structure is an enigma to me.
Intriguing structure! Good work! How have you been??
I never knew there were so many forms of poetry, I just found 2 complicated types and trying to explain them is so difficult. This is fairly easy, I will try it.
Oh, this is lovely. And I love the format.