Tetractys poetry contest
Poetry Contest
Write a tetractys.
Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists 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 bereversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Only single verse.
"Euclid, the mathematician of classical times, considered the number series 1, 2, 3, 4 to have mystical significance because its sum is 10, so he dignified it with a name of its own - Tetractys. The tetractys could be Britain's answer to the haiku. Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables." - Ray Stebbing
Example #1:
freedom
free
from you
your ego
your blaming me
i am a free spirit who has no past
Copyright © 2001 Terri Anthony
Example #2:
Eclipse
An
Eclipse
Rules the sky. . .
A rare chance for
Divine friends, sun and moon, to rub noses.
Copyright © 2005 Marie Summers
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