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Jim R's avatar

Word play and construction is fun. Each morning I try to solve the NY Times word puzzles. Good for the brain. A blogger today introduced me to a poetic form called the Etheree, a syllabic poem that contains ten lines and a total of fifty-five syllables.

https://shapingwords.blogspot.com/2010/03/etheree-armstrong-taylor-day.html

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I like Wordle! I will investigate this syllabic poem but it sounds hard. Have you tried it?

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Jim R's avatar

No

Not yet

But I might

Give it a try

.....

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Thats it!? Was that one? wait i need to count the syllables!😂

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Jim R's avatar

It was a start. Each line grows in the # of syllables until line 10 has 10. You can also go with decreasing each line, or other creative variations. I'm not much 'into' poetry. But, the form is intriguing.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Thats because you are a scientist. You like to puzzle things out.

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Jim R's avatar

You are correct. :-)

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beth Kennedy's avatar

I love words too, and love, love your word story from school. also that recipe for the lasagna, sounds amazing

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

It is very tasty! I am making it again this week too!

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