  I realized why I love poetry styles challenges--because when I master a poetry form, I feel that I am a true poet. The same goes with writing exercises.&nbsp; I get bored easily and find that a challenge awakens my muse.&nbsp; I was talking with Robert about this. He said that when he needs a challenge he thinks of a new subject to write a poem about. Ah... it is so nice to see the individuality of creative minds at work.&nbsp; I wonder what other poets do to inflame the desire of their muse. Hmmm a good question to post in the ygroups. &nbsp; Now, yesterday day I found a new style--The Ethere poetry form. Below is a Double Standard Ethere that I wrote last night after thinking about an IM I received this weekend from an 'inflamed' would be cyber suitor who peeped into my photo album on my fairy profile and decided to write a haiku about my blue eyes.
I ignored him...I'm sure he eventually found success with another cybersex fiend. &nbsp; The poem is called "The Blues of My Eyes. " &nbsp; Winds drifting moving clouds across the sky. The blues of my eyes~ you say Heaven reigns there in pale gold lights that sparkle, revealing a smile that lingers. You long to claim the smile in my eyes, attempting to seduce me with sonnets. Silly man, I write my own poetry, fine-tuning verse with the heart of me mastering words with discipline. My eyes do not hold heaven nor does gold sparkle there. I claim no beauty, but in my words. The real me is in them. 
