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JustDaniel
post Aug 22 07, 04:20
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Etheree [eh-thuh-ray] consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. It is like an inverted nonet with an extra line.

Etheree may also be reversed (inverted) and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. When writing multiple stanzas, the pattern of the original (whether standard or inverted) generally continues in the subsequent stanzas.

Here are two of mine:


Love
ethere it is, or...


plunge
yourself
in… to love
bottomlessly
and you’ll discover
that it is not baseless
though somewhat ethereal
when action's truly the real thing...
it carries more weight than you can bear;
while there may seem no rhyme, there is reason


© MLee Dickens'son 23 Feb 2004
Revised 16 July 2007




Free Love

Can
someone
demonstrate
that he has love
apart from actions?
He'll not ask one thing
in return for what he gives
but good for the one receiving
though the recipient may hate him
all through the process of being given.


© MLee Dickens'son 21 Aug 2007

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post Aug 22 07, 05:18
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Thanks Daniel,

I could of sworn we'd posted this form before, but alas, it wasn't ehre - so thanks again! Are there any rhyming requirements or is it based soley on the syllables/lines?

Both poems are a very powerful example of the form - thanks again!

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post Aug 22 07, 07:26
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Hi Daniel~

Thank you again for the poetry education. I rely on you!

Extremely interesting?

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post Aug 22 07, 08:38
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Thank you, Lori and Bev!

Yes, I thought that this form had been posted too, as I was going to refer to it for one of the members who asked about it... but after searching over the three pages three times (You know how I can overlook things with my dyslexia, so I have to do things multiple times!), I couldn't find it either and just took the chance that it really wasn't there. I'm surprised, but I didn't want this form to go unused here.

Like the nonet (Is that posted here?) it is purely syllabic, and there are no other requirements... except, of course, to not merely chop narrative or prose up into arbitrary chunks. I personally like to have each line share a complete thought or portions of a thought. I also personally work at line length if possible to present a pleasing picture.

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post May 2 12, 12:11
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Prayer for Seasons of Peace

Across two vast seas once separating
widely divergent cultures and lands
segregated in sovereign realms,
we’d subjugate for ourselves
dim knowledge of an orb
spinning east to west.
May all the north
now embrace…
let peace
spring,

fall

southward
till trees blaze
loud freedom hues
though skies be ashen
and ill winds whip briskly
… yet cool old blood-spirits
to take solace in broken ground
till covered anew with gentler snow
spreading freely to reflect God’s glory



© MLee Dickens'son 20 March 2004

welcoming the first day of spring / fall
in two hemispheres


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post May 2 12, 17:08
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re
this form,
Ethere;
Where is it from?
Did you invent it?
I've seen the name before
and thought it was a perfume.
It's even an album's title
by an Italian band - Letargica
but, according to the rules of this form
I won't leave you hanging with a "ca"
so I will add the inversion.
Expressing oneself this way
takes a lot of thinking
about what is said
and each word used
to convey
meaning
best.


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post Feb 23 13, 12:42
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there lingereth a ray

peer
a m i d
poetry’s
formal array;
you’ll find Ethere
compiling wisps of tears
to slip down its soft’ning cheeks
and reflect cool mourn’s warming sun
‘til they collect themselves… to shimmer
while their soul swims through your lost memories

© MLee Dickens'son


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post Feb 24 13, 14:48
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New Memories

mixed with the memories soon to be lost
are reminders of what might have been
were knowledge to feed discretion
on our path from womb to grave
but those are mere regrets,
with little substance
which fade away
when a smile
brightens
eyes,
dim
with age,
my young son
and granddaughter
race in the back yard
trailing squeals of laughter
which entice the dog to join in
the game of tag played in my youth
and no thought of tomorrow encroached
on that moment when memories were made



Daniel, I hope this meets with your approval in both form and content.

Larry


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post Feb 24 13, 19:24
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I heartily applaud you on both fronts, my dear friend! Stirring and deLightful!


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post Feb 25 13, 15:58
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Daniel,

Thank you, kind sir. Perhaps I will try a few more.

Larry


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post Feb 27 13, 13:48
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Jacob's Son



Gold-

wonder

kill-shot me

a world away;

I can hear the wind

thru the keyhole, as of

the last policeman's whistle.

Why did I forsake my homestead

for but the prospect of shine shine shine?

I'm charred and scruffed like the fallen angel.

Who'd ever find a land more kind than home?

But the shadow of night spills darkness;

I've become but shadow and bone.

The song of Achilles warns

about the long walk back.

Though Dad bid me go

Mom will be there

defending

Jacob's

son.




© MLee Dickens'son 2013



from 15 challenge titles, in order: Gold, Wonder, Kill Shot, A World Away, The Wind Through the Keyhole, The Last Policeman, Shine Shine Shine, Charred & Scruffed, The Fallen Angel, A Land More Kind Than Home, Shadow of Night, Shadow and Bone, The Song of Achilles, The Long Walk, Defending Jacob


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post Mar 6 13, 23:51
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Daniel,

This is an absolute gem. You got this from challenge titles? Fantastic job.

Larry


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post Mar 7 13, 00:53
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Thanks so very much, Larry. It was a challenge indeed, but seeing them as a puzzle can be very intriguing!



framed


book

TITLES

may wander

ev'ry which way

but stitch together

as a distinctive quilt,

a patchwork of emotion

distilled of various authors

who would not expect their ideas

to be laid out and framed on one canvas



© MLee Dickens'son 2013


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post Mar 7 13, 18:03
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Titles

cut

and mesh

parts that name

the worlds in them,

unglossed challenge to

rip life from their sanctum;

intriguing tease which can lure

new readers or those who’ve known

grand visions you’ve revealed in the past.



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post Mar 12 13, 17:04
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The Stealth of Leisure


love

leisure

and your soul

morphs with a thief

who now rides tandem;

he'll cause you to wander

away from well-chosen steps

and compel you to charge items

laughing at you from those online sites

until they foreclose on your home mortgage



© MLee Dickens'son 2013


from Challenge words, in order: love, leisure, soul, morph, tandem, wander, step, compel, charge, home


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post Mar 15 13, 15:16
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porous pockets

stall

and do

less as you

e-shop. Bargains,

selling through E-bay,

may not be the best plan

and are frequently third rate

knock-offs. An overpriced surfeit

extensively larger than your brains.



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post Dec 15 18, 14:36
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brain
cannot
acrostic
everything
as you like to do;
I'll not even attempt
to align and malign words
to impress you -- as though I could
-- and please don't feel that you are required
to throw this friend down while splaying yours out


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post Dec 17 18, 16:07
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operation’s successful

ours
plods thru
each critic;
riles the skeptic
as to who’s the one
to subvert the process
instead of seeing success
opens ways to traverse the cliff
nonchalantly until they watch you
sliding easily down the long steep hill


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HIGH ABOVE LOFTY AIMS

hill
is to
get me off;
hot fear of height
arched up there lofty
because I'm simply a
over-achieving boob. I
verify it's true that I am
even numbered among unevens


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eject that epicurean

Eve
jacked up
Eden’s lei,
causing epic
trials for me and you
through consuming fruit for
hedonism from a snake
and was banned from the area
that may have been a bit of heaven


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