General Poetry posted February 26, 2023

RodG

I taught English for 40 years on the high school and college level. Since retiring, I have written a poetry collection titled "Reflections of a Dog Walker," and five novels, all unpublished. I mostly post poems and short stories.
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an ekphrastic etheree

Summer in the Cotswolds

by RodG

brook
like a
bronze ribbon
spools silently
by Tudor cottage
inviting geese to glide
in lazy circles while white
hens cluck and peck for scattered seeds
amidst the sweet-scented clover on
a cloudless summer day in the Cotswolds

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The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

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an ekphrastic etheree

Summer in the Cotswolds

by RodG

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