The etheree is a little-known poetry format, consisting of
ten lines with graduated syllables. It was created over twenty years ago by an
Arkansas poet named Etheree Taylor Armstrong.
The first line is a monosyllabic word; the second line has
two syllables, and so on, until the tenth line with, ultimately, ten syllables.
The form and outline of your poem should look like the following diagram where
X=a syllable:
X
XX
XXX
XXXX
XXXXX
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX
Example
Poem
Wouldn't Chu?
Duck
Pigeon
Meadow lark
Ring-neck pheasant
swallow, sparrow, hawk
Even owls in the night.
All may at some time take flight.
Some still have to walk, the penguin,
ostrich, and emu to name a few.
If they'd voted they'd all fly. So would I.
© Lawrencealot -May 7, 2012
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