sweet
young bride
a flower
a maidenhead
blooming in the night
unfold your soft petals
set your lily stamen free
filaments, anthers and pistils
stimulating your sweet nectary
a simultaneous pollination
transubstantiates this love between we
cocooning in a honeymoon suite
we merge into morning bright wings
rise up Lepidoptera
flitter dry our wet wings
these petals so white
unfold sunlight
and flutter
into
flight
Brenda Warren 2012
This piece is my first double etheree, based on the NaPoWriMo Day 4 prompt.
“…write an epithalamium. This is nothing more or less than a poem celebrating a wedding. The first such poems were popular in the classical world, and were typically addressed to brides. The modern versions are a bit more expansive, and needn’t address just the bride, but can address the whole idea of the wedding, both partners, weddings in general, etc. …. No particular form, length, or rhyme scheme required!”
A double etheree has 1-10 syllables in ascending order through line 10. It has 10-1 syllables in descending order in lines 11-20.
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Brenda, such lovely imagery in this one, and the form suits it so well. I love “blooming in the night”.
Richard
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You did a great job with this…this is an interesting form, and you treated the subject matter with amazing beauty….enjoyed!
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I love the etheree form, Brenda. Love the language in this piece. Beautifully done.
Pamela
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Happy Day 4! Beautiful writing, Brenda … and I love your use of the double etheree!
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Thank you, Marianne! 4 down, 36 to go, LoL…I haven’t been this prolific since….last April!
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A double etheree has eye as well as ear appeal. I was grateful for the explanation of epithalamium!
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Thanks Viv. What a word, eh? I thought twice about the title, but once I’d completed the double etheree, my creative juices were spent. 😉
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