Keteks

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

Hey guys. I need your opinion on these keteks I threw together.

By the way, I would love to see some of your keteks too.

Keteks

Definition:

A Ketek is a form of holy Vorin poetry which reads the same forward and backward (allowing for changes in verb form), and is also divisible into five sections, each of which also expresses a complete thought.

Death

Death comes. Without stopping Death arrives. Now Death, the death now arrived, Death stops without – Come Death!

Death comes./ Without stopping Death arrives./ Now Death, the death now arrived,/ Death stops without/ – Come Death!

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Diamonds

Beautiful diamonds, the blood of diamonds creates greed – sin to beauty, beauty to sin – greed creates diamonds of blood, the diamonds beautiful.

Beautiful diamonds,/ the blood of diamonds creates greed/ – sin to beauty, beauty to sin – /greed creates diamonds of blood, /the diamonds beautiful.

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Darkness

Darkness encroaches. Nearer, day by day: dawns darkness’s dawn. Day by day nearer, encroaching darkness.

Darkness encroaches/. Nearer, day by day: /dawns darkness’s dawn./ Day by day nearer,/ encroaching darkness.

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Moonlight

Illuminates darkness by moonlight. Silhouettes created by pale and gray light. Dim lights of lights dim, light pale and gray creates silhouettes. Moonlight by darkness illuminates.

Illuminates darkness by moonlight./ Silhouettes created by pale and gray light. /Dim lights of lights dim, /light pale and gray creates silhouettes./ Moonlight by darkness illuminates.

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Note: the second writing of the ketek is separated into its five segments

PS: Szeth-son-son-Vallano is awesome

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Edited May 29, 2011 by Studier of Keteks

[Joe ST he/him]

Hey guys. I need your opinion on these keteks I threw together.

Death

Death comes. Without stopping Death arrives. Now Death, the death now arrived, Death stops without - Come Death!

Diamonds

Beautiful diamonds, the blood of diamonds creates greed - sin to beauty, beauty to sin - greed creates diamonds of blood, the diamonds beautiful.

There you go, I quoted your keteks so people no longer need to download them to read them

They are very good, thanks for sharing

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

There you go, I quoted your keteks so people no longer need to download them to read them

They are very good, thanks for sharing

Thanks Joe of Earth

[Silus - Shard of Flame he/him]

If you can write a Ketek, then you can write it about whatever you want. Though it can be tough to read. The symmetry of it distracts from reading it as a whole, requiring some thought to find the overall concept of the thing.

[Joe ST he/him]

If you can write a Ketek, then you can write it about whatever you want. Though it can be tough to read. The symmetry of it distracts from reading it as a whole, requiring some thought to find the overall concept of the thing.

that depends entirely on your skill, I'm sure it's possible to write great Ketek's that are understandable.

[FeatherWriter she/her]

Wow. That's awesome! I absolutely love the keteks in TSA, I wish there'd been more than two.

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

Thanks for the responses guys. I've added a couple new keteks and made reading a bit easier. Hope you enjoy.

[Emeralis00 she/her]

I like the diamonds one the best. I would also suggest a ketek about cats.

Why? I like cats...

[Joe ST he/him]

I like the diamonds one the best. I would also suggest a ketek about cats.

Why? I like cats...

a Catek?

[FeatherWriter she/her]

I think Moonlight is my favorite of these. They're all amazing though.

[Chachel she/her]

Mine isn't nearly as amazing as Studier of Keteks', but I'll post it anyway. Also, I sort of failed at being exactly faithful to the Ketek form (especially the complete thoughts part), but here goes:

Soaring eagle/ by binoculars viewed/ rising thermals on, eagle, on thermals rising/ viewed binoculars by/ eagle soaring.

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

Chachel, your ketek is pretty good. An attempt is far better than nothing. And that was a great attempt.

[Chachel she/her]

Chachel, your ketek is pretty good. An attempt is far better than nothing. And that was a great attempt.

Thanks, Studier. I definitely don't aspire to be a poet (only to pass the poetry assignment in English) but I really admire people with actual skills! Also, I had multiple people tell me how interesting they thought the form of my poem was and compliment me on coming up with it. So I had to explain its actual origin... haha.

[CrazyRioter she/her]

Thanks, Studier. I definitely don't aspire to be a poet (only to pass the poetry assignment in English) but I really admire people with actual skills! Also, I had multiple people tell me how interesting they thought the form of my poem was and compliment me on coming up with it. So I had to explain its actual origin... haha.

great way to brainwash, erm, recruit people to Brandon fandom!

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

Have to agree with you CrazyRioter

[Eri she/her]

Keteks should be written about how the Way of Kings is awsome.

My attempt on something I'd love to have on a t-shirt:

This text / is an obscure reference / to the beauty of titles / in a book / which title beautifully references an obscure text

And, of course, below it would be a text in small font, explaining, what book it means.

Please correct my grammar if needed. The symmetry is a bit loose but since in a book it was like that ("birthplace" with "birth" etc.) it's probably ok.

And I agree, Szeth is awsome, especially in this illustration here making a facepalm. (Yep, I know, he's just terribly sad. But it looks so much like a facepalm to me...)

[Mad_Scientist he/him]

I like the diamonds one the best. I would also suggest a ketek about cats.

Why? I like cats...

Purring kitty, so pleasant, is dreaming, and dreams are pleasant, so kitty purrs.

That work?

[Emeralis00 she/her]

Purring kitty, so pleasant, is dreaming, and dreams are pleasant, so kitty purrs.

That work?

Most definitely. It also makes even more sense than most keteks.

[Musicspren he/him]

I've have this in my signature at the moment, but here is my Well of Ascension-themed ketek on the Ketek thread:

Words in steel/ unchanged reveal/ truth/ revealing unchanged/ steel in words

[Aashyma she/her]

I thought of one. It's supposed to be about the Nightwatcher:

Blesses to curse-one heart's desire-unknowingly-desiring heart's-one curse to bless

On Szeth:

Bound to honour-forced to madness-breaking-madness to force-honour to bind.

[Musicspren he/him]

I thought of one. It's supposed to be about the Nightwatcher:

Blesses to curse-one heart's desire-unknowingly-desiring heart's-one curse to bless

On Szeth:

Bound to honour-forced to madness-breaking-madness to force-honour to bind.

I like those! The second one's my favorite; (for any Wheel of Time people) it reminds me very slightly of the Snakes and Foxes introduction.

I have a new Elantris one:

Within the Spirit, motion halted by death - a city within a city - death halted by motion, the Spirit within

[Studier of Keteks he/him]

Some pretty damnation good keteks here.

I like this from Musicspren especially

- Within the Spirit, motion halted by death - a city within a city - death halted by motion, the Spirit within

[sententiadominus he/him]

And a warbreaker ketek...

Breaking war: the task of one man; this is Vasher, is this man - one of task; the Warbreaker.

[EHyde she/her]

I decided to try my hand at writing one, and kind of failed at being serious and poetic, so here's one about my cat. It doesn't quite work out perfectly--perhaps I'll try more sometime.

Shadow attacks! She chases all she sees. I watch. I see all she chases: she attacks shadows.

[ulyssessword he/him]

Forming keteks, my present intent, it is completed; is it intentional, presently my ketek forms.

First posted for the Inquisitor Santa holiday giveaway. I had assumed that they needed to be a single sentence based on both of the samples, but that may be just a coincidence.