3 Poems
Anthony Etherin
Anthony Etherin’s books include the Knit Ink tetralogy, comprising the full-length collections Stray Arts (and Other Inventions) and Slate Petals (and Other Wordscapes), as well as the chapbooks The Utu Sonnets and The Noson Sonnets. His most recent chapbook is Fabric. He tweets @Anthony_Etherin and archives his work online at anthonyetherin.wordpress.com
DISHARMONY (Lipogram*)
Disharmony
rains hard diamond shards
on a marshy morass.
Disharmony
maroons sordid dramas
in Roman dioramas.
Disharmony
is harmony
in a mirror.
(*uses only d, i, s, h, a, r, m, o, n, & y)
BLACKBEARD (Alternating Bivocalism*)
Blackbeard —
menace at sea.
Enslave all the waters
and shred all the waves.
As the mast,
helm and stern
race fast,
bear the flag
jet black;
spread the blade
and the name.
(*uses only two vowels, which alternate throughout the poem)
GARDEN OF EDEN (Anagrammed Lines)
Adam and Eve in God’s garden:
ragged and so damned naïve.
Gave a song, minded an adder,
and envisaged Armageddon.
