How could I not take part with such an evocative image chosen by Diana?
This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). Diana Peach from last month’s challenge has provided the photo for this month’s challenge.
ETHEREE: The Etheree poem consists of ten lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. An Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Double Etheree
Stare
Downwards
Beyond life
A darkness grows
To infinity
Seeping into water
My long blonde hair stays behind
Exposing my poor nakedness
A child lost in a time with no kindness
Cold skin, white against teeming cruel shadows
Black heart whispering melancholy words
Stay still, forever no one will care
Who will remember you strange child?
Mother, father, sister, none.
Death is your only friend
Come! In the water
Reflect and be
Still. Death’s friend
Holding
Hands
Ooh, that was creepy!
M J Mallon YA Author and Poet 