A blog I recently discovered is Amy’s whose poetry I find inspiring. She has introduced me to the Etheree which she found at Hedgewitch at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads. Hedgewitch offered up a form challenge: the etheree. … one syllable, two syllables… on up to ten. You can even take ten, go back to nine, and down to one to for a reverse or double etheree. Amy added to the challenge by making the subject something ethereal too. Here’s mine.
Pink
poppy
all curl’d up
tightly cover’d
opening slowly
magnificent colour
feathery frilly mop head
Gorgeous in its brash gaudiness
Beckoning to nectar hungry bees
Blooming beautifully for just one day.
link to imaginary garden with real toads
Frilly poppy