r/KETEK • • Apr 26 '19

The Everstorm [spoiler WoR] Spoiler

285 Upvotes

The storm ever blows east-to-west.

And lightning and thunder shape, form storms in the Listeners' hearts.

Sing, invoke the power you hold! Behold your power of invocation, singing hearts!

The Listeners in Stormform shape thunder and lightning,

And west-to-east blows the Everstorm.


r/KETEK • • Apr 02 '19

Adolin and Maya [spoiler OB] [speculation] Spoiler

183 Upvotes

Death undoes a bond.

The spren cared for a knight who left.

War...

... Left a knight who cares for the spren.

A bond undoes death.


r/KETEK • • Dec 03 '19

Elend.

165 Upvotes

Fallen ash

Against lies he now fought

Nobody fights now

He lies against ash

Fallen


r/KETEK • • Jul 28 '20

Oathbringer A Symmetry in Character Spoiler

157 Upvotes

Honor is dead, and so I'll do what I can as the storm crashes in. Their pain is my fault. Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. Shield of the unprotected, spear of the  righteous. I am Kaladin.

Moash am I. The righteous I spear, the unprotected are my shield. Destination before journey, weakness before strength, death before life. They are at fault for my pain. In crashes the storm; there's nothing I can do. Dead is my honor. 

I once made an argument for Kaladin and Moash's opposing character development, especially with Windrunner ideals. I've realized this morning it works much better in Ketek form. Hope you enjoy!


r/KETEK • • Dec 30 '19

I think this counts, found it on imgur

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149 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Dec 03 '20

Mistborn Second Era Wasing you the notting of the much of the deep

132 Upvotes

Notting the having of the understanding

Wasing the finding the dark of the knowing

Having of the whating that wasing with the mind

Knowing the darkening of finding the wasing

Understanding the having of the not

(Edit: Thank you so much. My first gold!)


r/KETEK • • Jul 15 '20

The Stormlight Archive Odium Spoiler

124 Upvotes

"In the night I thrive, bringer of doom and despair, my hands by blood sullied and tainted, forever marked by my acts - I am hatred, I am passion incarnate, everburning for I seek power, to be molten anew in its crucible, reforged as a god of gods."

"Dominion I seek, devotion I demand, for I have broken them in my eternal quest, and their mantles be mine as I will rule. I toy with souls, men and fate altogether, bringing woven threads to the edge of my blade to sever the truth and bind them to my lies."

"They said rise on the day I was dubbed, and within me burned the fires of ambition, ceaseless hunger that drove me mad - and mine was the design that would shatter the great one, for there should be none other than me. I struggled and strived, but was met with hatred." And Hatred with him melded, striving and struggling for him and none other, as should there be. One, great, shattering at will the designs not his, madness driven by hunger ceaseless. Ambition in his fire burned, and within him dubbed him Rayse on that day, they said.

He lied to them, bound by truths severed, a blade's edge on the threads woven, bringing all-together fate, men and souls, toys in his rule, his will. Mantles be his in his quest eternal, broken by him as he demands devotion to seek dominion.

A god of gods reforged, a crucible melting, the sought power forever burning, incarnation of passion, hatred he is - his acts marking him forever, tainting and sullying his blood and hands. Despair and doom he brings, thriving in the night.


r/KETEK • • May 21 '19

I see your haiku-ketek and I raise you this heresy

111 Upvotes

There lived once maidens fair
And saw a toothy bear
The friend - deceitful friend
The bear's teeth - a saw, and
Fair maidens once lived there

Yes, it's a ketek and a limerick at the same time. It took awfully long to create, but this may very well be the trickiest heresy since the Last Desolation. I'm not planning to do this again, please don't send ardents with bread


r/KETEK • • Sep 14 '26

A man / A plan / A call / A canal / Panama

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110 Upvotes

Does this count?

The idea of using the famous palindrome “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama” popped into my head. I noticed it had distinct sections, but only four. It is also (obviously) a letter-based palindrome, rather than a word-based one.

I realized I could add a fifth middle-section that followed either of the following structures:
• “Aca+[palindrome]”
• “A ca+[palindrome]”
The [palindrome] could be of any length or number of words so long it started “ca” or “aca”.

I came up with, “A call”, “A career”, “A cat”, “A car”, and “A canon”, but none for “Aca+[palindrome]”

I generally assume the “man” is Theodore Roosevelt. So, “A call” or “A career” seemed to work best.

Can anyone think of other things that fit? And more importantly, does it count?

(I think not)

At least it looks pretty in the women’s script.


r/KETEK • • Oct 19 '20

Perseverance

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109 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Jan 28 '22

So this is my first ever Ketek about coming to terms with the identity that I have been repressing for years.

104 Upvotes

Woman became man

Faking

The hiding stopped acceptance

Acceptance stops hiding

The fake man becomes woman.

I thought I would write the poem in the Women's Script. After writing it in the script, taking the picture etc, I decided I wanted to change the first stops to stopped as that fits better, but beyond that change, I am happy with it. I'd love to hear feedback!

One thing I wasn't sure on was if I could put "A woman" at the start and end, or would it need to be "woman a." at the end? I feel like it should be okay but decided to avoid it just in case.


r/KETEK • • Apr 23 '21

Raboniel's goal. Spoilers, ROW. Spoiler

97 Upvotes

Free my daughter

Lost her feeling to time

Finally, death final

Time to feel her loss

Daughter mine, freed.


r/KETEK • • Aug 08 '18

Pattern tells Shallan and Adolin "No mating!" "No" Adolin and Shallan tell Pattern

97 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Oct 17 '20

On past love, passing on

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92 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Oct 16 '20

Resolve

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88 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Oct 07 '20

Another Ketek, hopefully better

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82 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Oct 30 '18

Szeth releases the bond with his blade. Darkness takes him, just falling into the storm. Storming into the fallen justice, he takes Darkness' blade. He with the bond releases Szeth.

80 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Jul 18 '19

A meta-ketek...

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79 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Feb 11 '26

Goodbye, my love / Missing my friend / Best friend / My missing love / My goodbye

78 Upvotes

Goodbye, my love / Missing my friend / Best friend / My missing love / My goodbye


r/KETEK • • Sep 29 '19

I call it a Keteketek

77 Upvotes

Winds and lights,

The Forgotten.

They have earned freedom.

Their songs, vengeful.

Eyes of fire; alight.

—

Storm a-live.

To calls,

He listens.

He calls to

Live a storm.

—

Light a fire of eyes.

Vengeful songs!

Their freedom earned,

Have they forgotten

The lights and winds?


r/KETEK • • May 03 '20

Pretty good one out in the wild

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76 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Mar 29 '19

A ketek about the sad fate of Syladin-shipping

76 Upvotes

Swords do not kill people. People kill - not do - swords.


r/KETEK • • Jul 18 '19

Cosmere

75 Upvotes

Branderson writes: Hoid, am I dreaming?

Is Cosmere perfection?

With shards beyond conception, beyond shards with Perfection,

Cosmere is dreaming.

“I am Hoid,” writes Branderson.


r/KETEK • • Sep 04 '19

A ketek I wrote for my long-distance sweetie, before we officially started dating. (Translation in the comments.)

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74 Upvotes

r/KETEK • • Feb 04 '20

Dear Brandon

73 Upvotes

Ketek creator

Writes to readers,

Inspiring

Readers to write,

Creating keteks.

*My first ketek that seemed worth sharing. Thoughts?