An Etheree for the Sea

We drove to a neighboring island today.  Still too cold to be out of the car too long oceanside, 

but beautiful nonetheless.

The tide was in, so the gulls and ducks were pretty actively bobbing and ducking for fish. 

We lived in Minnesota for a bit, and it took me a while to learn how to survive without my ocean.

Etheree

The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables.  Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.  Get creative and write an Etheree with  more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.  Reversed Etheree:  10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1  Double Etheree:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1  ...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on. 

Sounds

Of waves

And seagulls

Smells of seaweed

Tastes of salty air

Images of bobbing

Gulls, buoys, driftwoods, and boats

Caresses of mist surround me

Sea breeze tangles and tosses my hair

My senses capture the island’s essence

My essence remains in the ocean’s air

Hovering there within the breezes

Soaring with seagulls amid clouds

Surrounding in swirling mists

Bobbing from wave to wave

Slipping on seaweed

Laughing, stretching

Forever

Ocean

Tied