There, Their, and They’re

(The Dragon Cometh)

Author’s Note: This is a form of poetry that, to the best of my knowledge, I invented. I call them Scramble Poems. Full rules are below, but basically, every word can be made only of the letters in the title of the poem.

Tarry naht

In the eerie aerie —

Hie thither and hide.

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Neath earth, in den,

Ire hiden, rath tied

Head, hand, heart, and hide.

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Tear dirt, heather, heath, and tree,

The heir reterned

T’ thine and thee.

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Din and death rain in dire tide —

In heart-heeted air

Thine rithe and die.

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Scramble Poem rules:

–-Make a poem using only the letters in the title of the poem. (Add a parenthetical subtitle — which does not count toward the available letters –to describe the topic more fully, if desired.)

—You may use each letter only as many times as it appears in the title for each new word made.

–-Create full words wherever possible, but phonemes, word parts, and faux words can be used when necessary, as long as they add meaning (i.e. “n” for “and”, “ar” for “are”, etc.)

–Use punctuation and line spacing as necessary to add meaning.

–Half the fun for me is finding the words within the words myself (in fact the original concept for this came while playing the word scramble game app WordScapes). But, if needed, a good site to find words in words is: https://www.wordplays.com/words-in-a-word/