Anthony Etherin

PERMUTATIONS

Atoms erupt in
mutant prose. I
turn a poem — its
matter is upon
me, to trap us in
utopian terms….

At resumption,
I must open art,
or input a stem
torn up as time —
use important
permutations....

PERMUTATIONS

Atoms erupt in
mutant prose. I
turn a poem — its
matter is upon
me, to trap us in
utopian terms….

At resumption,
I must open art,
or input a stem
torn up as time —
use important
permutations....

HOW TO DRAW A PYRAMID

A zig.
Now one zag.
Gaze now on Giza!

#palindrome

SOLEMN (Palindrome)

I sat, solemn.
I saw time open one poem.
It was in me, lost as I.

We don't desire a president, do we?

#PalindromeByPairs

We don't desire a president, do we?

#PalindromeByPairs

Radar #palindrome

A Radar #palindromebypairs

Dark Radar #palindromebytriples

A Darker Radar #palindromebyquartets

The consensus among my Spanish and French palindromist friends is that diacritics, like punctuation, are "free" in palindromes, so è can reverse as e.

Radar #palindrome

A Radar #palindromebypairs

Dark Radar #palindromebytriples

A Darker Radar #palindromebyquartets

VOYNICH (Anagrammed Lines)

I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.

VOYNICH (Anagrammed Lines)

I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.

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END OF THE WORLD (Anagrammed Lines)

The world was ending:
Dawn light worsened.
Nights wandered low.
The long wind was red
with drowned angels....

END OF THE WORLD (Anagrammed Lines)

The world was ending:
Dawn light worsened.
Nights wandered low.
The long wind was red
with drowned angels....

Constrained poetry = encrypted orations.

#anagram

poetic anagram = a romantic page

Constrained poetry = encrypted orations.

#anagram

Five years ago today, I completed "The Utu Sonnets", my most highly constrained work of poetry.

The full sequence of sonnets is included in my omnibus edition KNIT INK:

Five years ago today, I completed "The Utu Sonnets", my most highly constrained work of poetry.

The full sequence of sonnets is included in my omnibus edition KNIT INK:

JULY (Ottava Rima)

JULY (Ottava Rima)

SUNSET (Alternating Bivocalism*)

Low sun,
our shroud
of dusk
occults you.

Clouds of rust grow bulbous.
Proud young crows
surround your glow.

(*two vowels, alternating: o, u, o, u, o, u…)

SUNSET (Alternating Bivocalism*)

Low sun,
our shroud
of dusk
occults you.

Clouds of rust grow bulbous.
Proud young crows
surround your glow.

(*two vowels, alternating: o, u, o, u, o, u…)

Just arrived, from Penteract Press:
@marianchristie.bsky.social, _Sky, Earth, Other_
@anthonyetherin.bsky.social, _The Robots of Babylon_

We just happened to be discussing poetry by constraints on the way home. Ms17, “These are such me books! How did you find them?!”

THE FAILED CARTOGRAPHER (Palindrome)

Demand a hill, at solid nadir….
Damn it!
One morn,
I saw I was in Rome,
not in Madrid,
and I lost all I had named....

THE FAILED CARTOGRAPHER (Palindrome)

Demand a hill, at solid nadir….
Damn it!
One morn,
I saw I was in Rome,
not in Madrid,
and I lost all I had named....

THE LEAVES (Triolet)

THE LEAVES (Triolet)

Income: some coin.

#palindromebypairs

Boudica led a doomed uprising against Rome. Her people were slaughtered. She chose poison over capture. Some stories deserve a sonnet.

An epic in 14 lines: