Post by Brigid Briton on Mar 26, 2014 18:55:44 GMT -6
First, if you don’t know what an Etheree is, you’ll have to check out Form Focus: poetry-here-and-now.proboards.com/thread/1846/session-12-etheree?page=1&scrollTo=10870
Now that you know what one is, what I’d like for you to do is help me write a Reverse or Inverted Etheree.
Line 1 has 10 syllables,
Line 2 has 9
Line 3 has 8
Line 4 has 7
Line 5 has 6
Line 6 has 5
Line 7 has 4
Line 8 has 3
Line 9 has 2
Line 10 has 1
Let’s take it in order. I’ll do Line 1, the rest are up for grabs. When you write a line, try to end it in a way that may be easily continued by the next person, especially if you are the writer of Line 9.
Remember the lines should NOT rhyme!
This should be a lot of fun!
Line 1: Long ago, upon a midnight dreary,
Line 2: nine ravens knocked on nine random doors,
Line 3: braving the biting cold to bring
Line 4: every sort of needful thing,
Line 5: to those behind the doors.
Line 6: Chosen for their plight,
Line 7: poets, toiling
Line 8: secretly,
Line 9: hopeful
Line 10: souls.
Now that you know what one is, what I’d like for you to do is help me write a Reverse or Inverted Etheree.
Line 1 has 10 syllables,
Line 2 has 9
Line 3 has 8
Line 4 has 7
Line 5 has 6
Line 6 has 5
Line 7 has 4
Line 8 has 3
Line 9 has 2
Line 10 has 1
Let’s take it in order. I’ll do Line 1, the rest are up for grabs. When you write a line, try to end it in a way that may be easily continued by the next person, especially if you are the writer of Line 9.
Remember the lines should NOT rhyme!
This should be a lot of fun!
Line 1: Long ago, upon a midnight dreary,
Line 2: nine ravens knocked on nine random doors,
Line 3: braving the biting cold to bring
Line 4: every sort of needful thing,
Line 5: to those behind the doors.
Line 6: Chosen for their plight,
Line 7: poets, toiling
Line 8: secretly,
Line 9: hopeful
Line 10: souls.
It shouldn't be too difficult, though, since most people seemed to be intimidated by the Etheree challenge. (Leave it to good old fearless Reilley to swoop in and save the day!) I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Brigid