Ether rolls with dawn down eastern hills,
Tangling spider silk between stone and sagebrush,
Hemming fence lines with rising mist.
Every cobweb catches silver sky,
River reeds sway in shallow current,
Even stray feathers follow wind before falling.
Aspen leaves rust early this season,
Like old coins lost in tall grass.
ethereal (adjective)
Pronunciation: ih-THEER-ee-ul
- Extremely delicate, light, or airy; seeming too perfect or refined for the physical world.
- Heavenly or celestial in appearance or character.
Synonyms: airy, celestial, delicate, diaphanous, gossamer, heavenly, light, otherworldly
Origin: From the Latin aethereus, from the Greek aithḗr (“upper air” or “pure, bright sky”), referring to the clear heavens believed by the ancient Greeks to exist above the ordinary atmosphere.
Ethereal in the Wild
- The morning fog gave the valley an ethereal glow.
- Her voice carried an ethereal quality that seemed to float through the cathedral.
- Sunlight filtering through the spiderweb created an ethereal scene.
- The photographer waited for the ethereal light that appears just before sunrise.
- For reasons I still find amusing, the top Google search phrases leading people to TheOtherKLM.com is “ethereal poetry.”
