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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 10h

CITY SCAFFOLD: A sonnet of no fixed rhyme scheme, composed in iambic trimeter. Each line has exactly 14 letters. The poem's Ts are arranged such that they form a symmetrical, X-shaped scaffold.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 10h

CITY SCAFFOLD: A sonnet of no fixed rhyme scheme, composed in iambic trimeter. Each line has exactly 14 letters. The poem's Ts are arranged such that they form a symmetrical, X-shaped scaffold.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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....

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think like a lot of pareidolia, you either see it or you don't. I took this shot looking into a dark function room.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was looking back at the photos I took here and... Note the small white figure in the bottom right, and the tall dark figure behind it. Fuck.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Irish Bouzouki

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Emit a tale woven one vowel at a time. #palindrome

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HOW TO DRAW A PYRAMID A zig. Now one zag. Gaze now on Giza! #palindrome

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ludlow Castle this morning:

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HOW TO DRAW A PYRAMID A zig. Now one zag. Gaze now on Giza! #palindrome

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am spending tonight at the most haunted hotel in the UK. Woooooo!

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am spending tonight at the most haunted hotel in the UK. Woooooo!

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TRANSMOGRIFICATION (Anagrammed Lines) Transmogrification! Instigator for manic magic — for transition. Strict origin of a man arising into cat form.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TRANSMOGRIFICATION (Anagrammed Lines) Transmogrification! Instigator for manic magic — for transition. Strict origin of a man arising into cat form.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome) Evil: Oats. Apple. Kiwi. Kelp. Pasta. Olive.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome) Evil: Oats. Apple. Kiwi. Kelp. Pasta. Olive.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

COWBELLS (Alternating Bivocalism*) The cows bellow; the cowbells go yellow; the cobwebs grow mellow; the cobblestones glow. The flowers now melt to the rose of the snow. The bowers now ebb to the throes of the crow. (*Two vowels only, alternating throughout)

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For over ten years, I've been running an experimental poetry press called Penteract Press. Penteract exists to give a platform to constrained, experimentally formal, and visual poets. [1/4]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With that date just around the corner, Penteract is now running its Closing Down Sale: 40% off all books until we close. Please consider buying the work of our amazing poets! penteractpress.com/store [4/4]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm proud to have given a platform to so many talented people working in the fringes of literature. And I'm grateful for the friendships the press has forged. Alas, all things must end. Two years ago, Penteract Press announced its closure, with an end date of February 28th 2027. [3/4]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Aside from a couple of frustrations (poor sales, obviously.... and having to deal with a couple of unsavoury characters — but hey, that's life), working on this project has been a joy. [2/4]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For over ten years, I've been running an experimental poetry press called Penteract Press. Penteract exists to give a platform to constrained, experimentally formal, and visual poets. [1/4]

penteractpress.com

Store — Penteract Press

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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....

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Two Palindromes (Solemn, My Pets)

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

CHEF (Palindrome) To pan idle, he held a ladle. He beheld a ladle he held in a pot.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

CHEF (Palindrome) To pan idle, he held a ladle. He beheld a ladle he held in a pot.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THE SCREAM (Anagram-Haiku) The curves charm, madden, vent a much redder chasm— Edvard Munch: The Scream.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WORD FACT Greek “strephein” (to turn) ultimately gives us the word “strophe” — a “turn” in poetry. It also gives us: Catastrophe → an overturning/downturn [1/3]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Apostrophe → “turning away” → In rhetoric, a turning away from the audience to address someone absent → in orthography, a mark showing where a letter has been “turned away” (omitted) [3/3]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Streptococcus → via streptos (“twisted”), combined with kokkos (“berry”) — referring to the chain-like shape of the bacterium Anastrophe → “turning back” → an unusual word order [2/3]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WORD FACT Greek “strephein” (to turn) ultimately gives us the word “strophe” — a “turn” in poetry. It also gives us: Catastrophe → an overturning/downturn [1/3]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THE SCREAM (Anagram-Haiku) The curves charm, madden, vent a much redder chasm— Edvard Munch: The Scream.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New Music! Some heavy metal for you: youtu.be/iQxHZDAMn1M?...

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

LAMENT OF A CARVED WOODEN OWL (Palindrome) Too honed, am I not? I sleep, I do. Owl as a basal wood. I peel, sit on.... I made no hoot.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

LAMENT OF A CARVED WOODEN OWL (Palindrome) Too honed, am I not? I sleep, I do. Owl as a basal wood. I peel, sit on.... I made no hoot.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Anything word-based. I'm after variety, just as I am with the poetry, so this includes both traditional and novel approaches. I'm not fussy about size; though obviously if a puzzle is in an impractical format, that will affect its chances of being accepted. I look forward to seeing your work!

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here I am, being wizardly in the woods.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

WORD FACT Latin “intestīnus”, meaning “internal”, ultimately gives us the word “intestines”. It is also believed to be the model for Latin “clandestīnus”, from which we get “clandestine”. [1/2]

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here I am, being wizardly in the woods.

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