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Monday, July 1, 2013

Tetractys Poems

Life
Life
slowly
continues 
to manifest
into a cruel conundrum of rittles.
[Tetractys]

I See
I
see the
world ever
so clearly now,
that it forces me to question myself.
[Tetractys]


"Definition

Tetractys, a poetic form consisting of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also be reversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1. Double Tetractys maybe written as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, and a Triple Tetractys as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10."

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