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:

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:

BOUDICA (Sonnet)

BOUDICA (Sonnet)

20 LETTERS In these twenty letters, we try ten lines. The test set, we tether sly intent. We net the stint tersely. We intently test ethers. We try the silent tenets— try the new, tense titles. Written, the steely nest settles twenty therein. We enter its tenth style.

20 LETTERS In these twenty letters, we try ten lines. The test set, we tether sly intent. We net the stint tersely. We intently test ethers. We try the silent tenets— try the new, tense titles. Written, the steely nest settles twenty therein. We enter its tenth style.

ATLANTIS WISHED (Anagram-Sonnet) Within sad slate, wind halts a site. The island waits, sans tidal white. Awe hits its land— At dawn, this isle tilts wise a hand. It stands awhile. In wash, last tide, the sand it wails. Wan salt, it hides its wit and shale. Its death in laws, it lies and thaws.

ATLANTIS WISHED (Anagram-Sonnet) Within sad slate, wind halts a site. The island waits, sans tidal white. Awe hits its land— At dawn, this isle tilts wise a hand. It stands awhile. In wash, last tide, the sand it wails. Wan salt, it hides its wit and shale. Its death in laws, it lies and thaws.

THE VAMPIRE (Palindrome) No smirch selfless, ever a wan anaemic, I rip. Maven, I wage bites sure of a foe. Russet, I beg a wine vampiric — I mean: an aware vessel, flesh crimson....

GULLS (Sonnet) By light, we mull their lull of flight and white of skull, but gulls, tonight, will flock to shore and swarm the dock, before the storm....

GULLS (Sonnet) By light, we mull their lull of flight and white of skull, but gulls, tonight, will flock to shore and swarm the dock, before the storm....

THE VAMPIRE (Palindrome) No smirch selfless, ever a wan anaemic, I rip. Maven, I wage bites sure of a foe. Russet, I beg a wine vampiric — I mean: an aware vessel, flesh crimson....

LABYRINTH (Two Palindromes) Daedalus, nine pass…. I, Minos, add a son. I miss a peninsula, dead. Spool's end: Air, an isle…. Vary. A way ravels in Ariadne’s loops.

LABYRINTH (Two Palindromes) Daedalus, nine pass…. I, Minos, add a son. I miss a peninsula, dead. Spool's end: Air, an isle…. Vary. A way ravels in Ariadne’s loops.

CLOUDS AT DAWN (Palindrome by Triples) Sky white. Rain, as fawns adorn my morns.... A dawn as fainter whisky.

CLOUDS AT DAWN (Palindrome by Triples) Sky white. Rain, as fawns adorn my morns.... A dawn as fainter whisky.

I LOVE THE STARS (Sonnet)

So: genial lives oppose villain egos. #palindrome

I LOVE THE STARS (Sonnet)

So: genial lives oppose villain egos. #palindrome

LORE (Palindrome-Haiku) We name opal lore. We sleep agape, else we roll a poem anew.

LORE (Palindrome-Haiku) We name opal lore. We sleep agape, else we roll a poem anew.

Friends, I am delighted to announce the release of my new EP — BLONDER: three short compositions experimenting with guitar tone. The EP is available from my website (anthonyetherin.com/shop/p/blonder). You can also hear it for free on YouTube: youtu.be/GbFeBXPjBh0

You can currently get 40% off all Penteract Press books, using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout. This includes my collection THE ROBOTS OF BABYLON: penteractpress.com/store/the-ro...

You can currently get 40% off all Penteract Press books, using the code PENULTIMATE at checkout. This includes my collection THE ROBOTS OF BABYLON: penteractpress.com/store/the-ro...

Friends, I am delighted to announce the release of my new EP — BLONDER: three short compositions experimenting with guitar tone. The EP is available from my website (anthonyetherin.com/shop/p/blonder). You can also hear it for free on YouTube: youtu.be/GbFeBXPjBh0

BROKEN BONES (hard rock instrumental): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe8t...

BROKEN BONES (hard rock instrumental): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe8t...

THE CITY (Palindrome-Haiku) Go flat, urbanised.... A cradle here held arcades in a brutal fog.

FLOWN ECHOES This composition explores delay effects and features a single, unaccompanied guitar performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWC...

THE CITY (Palindrome-Haiku) Go flat, urbanised.... A cradle here held arcades in a brutal fog.

THE CROWS (Sonnet) They stop and perch atop the church, a choir below the spire: The crows. Each caw enlists ten more. The mist is grey as clay.

I use delays to harmonise with myself within a single guitar track. Listen here:

I use delays to harmonise with myself within a single guitar track. Listen here:

FLOWN ECHOES This composition explores delay effects and features a single, unaccompanied guitar performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWC...

THE CROWS (Sonnet) They stop and perch atop the church, a choir below the spire: The crows. Each caw enlists ten more. The mist is grey as clay.

Named a man a made man. #palindrome

Named a man a made man. #palindrome

ADAM AND EVE (Anagrammed Lines) Adam and Eve in God's garden: So ragged and damned naïve. Gave a song, minded an adder, and envisaged Armageddon. (Dogma and sin ravaged Eden and God — and gave Man desire.)

ADAM AND EVE (Anagrammed Lines) Adam and Eve in God's garden: So ragged and damned naïve. Gave a song, minded an adder, and envisaged Armageddon. (Dogma and sin ravaged Eden and God — and gave Man desire.)