This week I am writing Etheree

Etheree Taylor Armstrong created the Etheree poetry form. This is a 10-line form, with each line based on syllable count. The first line begins with one syllable, with the poet adding a syllable to each succeeding line. The syllable count of each is 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 and the total syllable count of the poem is fifty-five.

There are three variations to this form. Fist, the single Etheree consists of ten lines and a syllable count of 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. Second, the reverse Etheree, which also consists of 10 lines and a syllable count of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. The third variation is the double Etheree consisting of twenty lines and a syllable count of 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. The poet can include rhyme in all of these variations, but rhyme is not necessary.