Reversed
Etheree*
Demolished
So she
drowned in an empty, hollow pool
with happy, broken turquoise dolphins—
Falling tile and memories
of long lost giggled echoes
bubbles burst fading times
evaporating
maternity
no one knows
but her
heart...
*Reversed Etheree:
The Etheree form was created about twenty years ago by
Arkansas poet Etheree Taylor Armstrong. The Etheree
contains 10 graduated lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 10
syllables for an overall count of 55 syllables. The line
structure can be reversed or inverted. A Double Etheree starts
with a traditional Etheree structure and then continues
with an inverted Etheree creating a twenty line poem. Titles are
optional; rhyme is permissible, but not required, and an Etheree
can be composed on any subject.
Etheree Taylor
Armstrong, born February 13, 1918, died March 14, 1994, was a
local poet who developed a following in her home state of
Arkansas.
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