Writers Challenge #15

Mind~$oul · 10-27-2004, 02:56 AM

Tetractys

The poetry form, Tetractys, 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.

Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1

Triple Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10

and so on.

"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:
freedom

free
from you
your ego
your blaming me
i am a free spirit who has no past

By Terri Anthony

BrokenSoul8604 · 10-27-2004, 03:10 AM

Dreams

Sink
Inside
Emptiness
That engulfs you
Laugh at acid moons that breathe emptiness.

UFO the Phoenix · 10-27-2004, 11:52 AM

Sleep

Pillows steal my thoughts each night I close my eyes
Angels view the windows
to my heart
ideas lost
Goodbye

lpoet · 10-27-2004, 03:02 PM

to difficult for me..lol

lpoet · 10-27-2004, 03:37 PM

dont think night will fall just b/c day rises
-lp

Sole Sovereign · 10-27-2004, 04:55 PM

"Window Pane"

walking on water wit' a buoyant frame
life's a window
opportunity
will spoil
pane

Brit Boi Gee · 10-27-2004, 04:57 PM

I
stooped with
My right hand
holding the pen
with thoughts piled too high to look over them!

Sykda · 10-28-2004, 12:50 AM

Help.
Advice..
ALways there.
Ask and receive.
You aren't perfect to where advice wont help.

allnakey · 10-28-2004, 02:21 AM

Mute Music

...Dream...
The peace
Reflecting
Off of mirrors
Laid inside quick sand
Gasp the grappling hand
Our hearts become forgetting
Your love began dancing astride
A kiss left on your lips confuse minds
As a caressing touch eases doubts
Sincere a feeling you’ve confide
But I’ve been hurt to many times
Our hearts become forgetting
Shadows fear broken hearts
Shining for a lie
As she fainted.
I awake
These eyes...
...Dream...

lol I can't follow simple directions sorry, this was much harder then what you originally told us to do, well not harder, just more time to count syllabels

ManMadeofAshes · 10-28-2004, 03:22 AM

love
is fucked
I breathe in
and start choking
you're fire and my lungs are shot from smoking

Azazel_Megiddo · 10-28-2004, 06:18 PM

DEATH

We
Will Pass
History
Be One Alass
Written down in manuscripts - Forgotten

How many times will one man speak to you
Your silent ears
Losing sound
Asking
For
Another chance to make amends with our time

really · 10-28-2004, 07:45 PM

Self
an old
mystery
for those aware
It's inside you is all I can tell you

Seek the Kingdom and you certainly find
welcome, my friend
it is you
we've had
eyed

And
we have
missed you much
as the years passed
Welcome back to your home away from home

Killafornian · 10-31-2004, 08:49 AM

hell
we know
evil's home
eaten up by
hordes of demonic presence, satan's cell.

untrue what god said, i see the right path
man's own death bed
happens here
at home
earth

child
tell me
is it true
that where we go
where ever we look, there always is hell?

god...
...exists?
not to me
i am my god
unknown to you my child, i don't exist...

Split-P · 11-01-2004, 05:00 PM

die
let go
float away
release yourself
move into the realm of eternity

10-27-2004, 02:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mind~$oul I'm Pretty Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: North Memphis BITCH! Posts: 17,145	Writers Challenge #15 Tetractys The poetry form, Tetractys, 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. Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1 Triple Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 and so on. "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: freedom free from you your ego your blaming me i am a free spirit who has no past By Terri Anthony __________________ "Everybody wanna be a nicca, but don't nobody wanna be a nicca"-Paul Mooney "I tried to live right, but society aint made for niccas to live right"-Joe Budden

10-27-2004, 03:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
BrokenSoul8604 Apparently Emotionless Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: DMI~ Posts: 705	Dreams Sink Inside Emptiness That engulfs you Laugh at acid moons that breathe emptiness. __________________ A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

10-27-2004, 11:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
UFO the Phoenix I DONT BELIEVE IN ALIENS! Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Oceanside CA USA Posts: 2,965	Sleep Pillows steal my thoughts each night I close my eyes Angels view the windows to my heart ideas lost Goodbye __________________ *The Truth isn't out there because its already landed and the Truth is:* JESUS CHRIST Oddie Sloan

10-27-2004, 03:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
lpoet POET Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 12,672	to difficult for me..lol __________________ "SHE CAME BACK TO ME AND I PRAY SHE STAYS" --lpoet

10-27-2004, 03:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
lpoet POET Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 12,672	dont think night will fall just b/c day rises -lp __________________ "SHE CAME BACK TO ME AND I PRAY SHE STAYS" --lpoet

10-27-2004, 04:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sole Sovereign Hungry But Never Starving Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,927	"Window Pane" walking on water wit' a buoyant frame life's a window opportunity will spoil pane __________________ ...Take a step: one step, one dive... ...Fate is death. A leap of faith over sunset's sunrise... ...Hate is everpresent, some let love die... ...even if you laced loosely, some get tongue tied... elo§overeign ˜W™

10-27-2004, 04:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brit Boi Gee manifest the zen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near To Athena Posts: 15,977	I stooped with My right hand holding the pen with thoughts piled too high to look over them! __________________ They all laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. They aren't laughing now. -Bob Monkhouse Brit Boi has a highly calibrated wifermometer

10-28-2004, 12:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sykda Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 289	Help. Advice.. ALways there. Ask and receive. You aren't perfect to where advice wont help.

10-28-2004, 02:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
allnakey Sex is no fun by yourself Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,860	Mute Music ...Dream... The peace Reflecting Off of mirrors Laid inside quick sand Gasp the grappling hand Our hearts become forgetting Your love began dancing astride A kiss left on your lips confuse minds As a caressing touch eases doubts Sincere a feeling you’ve confide But I’ve been hurt to many times Our hearts become forgetting Shadows fear broken hearts Shining for a lie As she fainted. I awake These eyes... ...Dream... lol I can't follow simple directions sorry, this was much harder then what you originally told us to do, well not harder, just more time to count syllabels __________________ And I sat watching a flower As it was withering I was embarrassed by its honesty So I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face Not this fucking wreck That's taken its place get some balls biatch or else Last edited by allnakey; 10-28-2004 at 11:26 AM.

10-28-2004, 03:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
ManMadeofAshes *DREAMER Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: at home Posts: 635	love is fucked I breathe in and start choking you're fire and my lungs are shot from smoking

10-28-2004, 06:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
Azazel_Megiddo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 134	DEATH We Will Pass History Be One Alass Written down in manuscripts - Forgotten How many times will one man speak to you Your silent ears Losing sound Asking For Another chance to make amends with our time __________________ Fuck Mods!

10-28-2004, 07:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
really The Apologist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: round here Posts: 208	Self an old mystery for those aware It's inside you is all I can tell you Seek the Kingdom and you certainly find welcome, my friend it is you we've had eyed And we have missed you much as the years passed Welcome back to your home away from home __________________ I tried to walk like a Big Wham Bham I came across like a battering Ram I tried to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you

10-31-2004, 08:49 AM	#13 (permalink)
Killafornian West Side Til I Die Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Used to be in Sac Town, I'll probably end up in a Texas MaxSec Posts: 1,932	hell we know evil's home eaten up by hordes of demonic presence, satan's cell. untrue what god said, i see the right path man's own death bed happens here at home earth child tell me is it true that where we go where ever we look, there always is hell? god... ...exists? not to me i am my god unknown to you my child, i don't exist... __________________ Never has a man pleaded for his guilt... ...nor for his innocence... ...all he holds dear for naught... ...just to save ignorance from being brought. Last edited by Killafornian; 10-31-2004 at 08:55 AM.

11-01-2004, 05:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
Split-P are u not entertained? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ny Posts: 718	die let go float away release yourself move into the realm of eternity __________________ split - p "fuck normalcy - i live for chaos"

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