Today, I met an amazing poet at the National Writing Project Alumni Refresher. Her name is Dr. Sue Walker. She is the Laureate of the state of Alabama, a successful writer (she has written several books), and an English instructor at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Walker presented 10 of her 30 poetry lessons with us today. She is an awesome writer. I loved all of her lessons. The type of poem that inspired me the most was the "Etheree". Dr. Walker said that "an etheree, uses syllable count rather than meter and is unrhymed. It is named for its creator, a poet named Etheree Taylor Armstrong. The basic etheree form has ten lines, the first consisting of exactly one syllable, the second line of two syllables, and so on until the last line's ten syllables. An etheree can also be reversed, starting with ten syllables and ending with one. A "double etheree" combines the two, so it is twenty lines, starting with one syllable, counting up to ten. Line eleven also has ten syllables and each line thereafter reduces by one until line twenty's single syllable."
The "etheree" poem that I wrote turned into a prayer. I wrote it in ten minutes, so I think God used me today. I hope you like it. It forms a cool structure too. Here it is:
The Etheree Prayer
By: Kristin Cox
Here,
I stand
before God
waiting, yearning
for a miracle.
In the eyes of my God,
I am wonderfully made.
Lord, please give me the strength to wait
on what you have in store for my life.
Lord, I stand in need of you guidance.
Lord, here I stand in need of your mercy.
My feeble soul has become weary.
Lord, give me the strength to just stand.
Lord, I know you are with me.
I know you will keep me.
Lord, give me a sign.
I need you now.
In your son
Jesus'
name.
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