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POEM STARTER
Write an Etheree poem on any theme you like.
An Etheree is a ten-line poem where the first line has one syllable, the second has two, and so on up to ten syllables (or this structure in reverse).
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Lies:
-Pretend
-Trick, toy with
-Act, put on masks
-Cleverly don’t say
-Deny, betray, hide, hoard
The sly-footed fox misguides
Can hurt a heart, can save a soul
Can break apart, can hold together
Can shelter a mind from the blunt knife of-
Truth.
Gut punch.
Harsh and hard.
Hard to take in.
Hard to give away.
All secrets spill over
Relief once they leave your tongue
Can hurt a heart, can sav...
Demons dance in the corners of my eyes.
Whispers creep and crawl, bees hiss inside.
My thoughts disordered and senseless,
like a worm that eats through stone.
Soul twisting shadows cause
sickness unto death.
Burning bush’s light
extinguished.
Inhale.
Snap–
Pause.
Exhale.
Mania,
At last, it comes.
Strength without reason,
soon will drown my whole psyche.
Rainbow storms and wishing stars,
now the on...
Ether reels through twilight skies,
whispers of stars in the velvet air.
Unseen currents weave, then unravel,
a breath, a pulse, a nameless prayer.
Vast and weightless, it cradles light,
between silence and the echo of flame.
It holds the space where worlds collide,
yet never speaks its own true name.
In the ether's dance, we are lost,
and found in its endless sea.
A flic...
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POEM STARTER
Write a poem in any form, on any topic you like, which uses a single metaphor throughout.
Try to develop the metaphor as the poem progresses, and use it as a central theme throughout.