Happy Birthday Mary Duhart --Enjoy Your Special Day (Double Etheree Poem)

Great songs On your day In your own way May your day be bright Filled with special delight Let your burning candle shine From your yum cake royally dine May your family and friends enjoy Your birthday with a great poetess friend Now tell me the big number if you will I will take it just like a sweet pill Thirty-one and holding I see Hope your day is full of glee Wishing you more birthdays Writing your own ways Poetic thoughts In great parts Touching Hearts © Joseph S. Spence, Sr., 8/6/09 © All Rights Reserved The Etheree poem was created about twenty years ago by an Arkansas poet named Etheree Taylor Armstrong. The poem consists of ten lines of unmetered verse. The lines may also be rhymed or unrhymed depending on the style of the author. The first line of the poem has only one syllable. Thereafter, each succeeding line adds another syllable. There is a total syllable count of fifty-five in the poem. The Etheree poem is similar to a Nonet poem with the exception of the 10th line and syllable count. The Nonet only has 45 syllables, which is 16 shorter than the Etheree poem. One may get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse. This may take the form of a Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1; that is the style in which this poem is written. ~~~~~~~***~~~~~~~ Joseph S. Spence, Sr., is the author of "The Awakened One Poetics" (2009), which is published in seven different languages. He invented the Epulaeryu poetry form, which focuses on succulent cuisines and drinks. He is published in various forums, including the World Haiku Association; Poetinis Druskininku, Milwaukee Area College, Phoenix Magazine; Möbius Poetry, and Taj Mahal Review to name a few. Joseph is a Goodwill Ambassador for the state of Arkansas, USA, a college faculty, and a military veteran. ~~~~~~~***~~~~~~~