Oceans (an Etheree)


Tonight, the moon rose over the ocean as the sun set in the west. It was a warm summer evening with a clear twilight sky, and we would not miss such a spectacular event …

An Etheree is a 10-line poem in which each line follows a syllable count that matches the line number. For example, the first line has one syllable, the second has two, etc. The poem is unrhymed but has rhythm, meaning, imagery, and sometimes an underlying second meaning.



Oceans (an Etheree)

What
do the
oceans know?
tides come and go
footprints in the sand
foreshadow the way home
fresh today, gone tomorrow
slip away with the undertow
dreams fade in a cloud of misty rain
leaving dark watermarks in my shadow







.


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Ivor Steven (c) February 2025

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

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  5. Gorgeous etheree, dear Ivor! Your photos are stunning and so nice to see our handsome boy front and center! A very lovely post! 🤎🐶💛🌝💙🌏

    PS – I do something similar to an etheree called a Dectina Refrain. It’s identical to the etheree except the 10th line is a repeat of lines 1-4.

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    1. Thank you kindly, Nancy … it was a stunning evening and I hope my photos conveyed the magnificent colours of nature’s spectacular show … oh, that format looks interesting … 😊😍📘🌏💙😍🐶

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    1. Thank you very much, Cindy … Frankie loved his walk on the track overlooking the Rippleside Beach area and the view of the sun as it rose over Corio Bay was a sight to behold 🤗😍🌏📘💙🐶😎🌖

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