Oct 2019
Hi
may I
have your heart
you could have mine
if such was so... then we might never part
© 2019 Jim Davis
may I
have your heart
you could have mine
if such was so... then we might never part
© 2019 Jim Davis
My first tetractys poem! Thanks annh for the introduction to this poetry form!
From Wikipedia:
“In English-language poetry, a tetractys is a syllable-counting form with five lines. The first line has one syllable, the second has two syllables, the third line has three syllables, the fourth line has four syllables, and the fifth line has ten syllables.[13]”
The tetractys was created by Ray Stebbing, who said the following about his newly created form:
"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.[14]
From Wikipedia:
“In English-language poetry, a tetractys is a syllable-counting form with five lines. The first line has one syllable, the second has two syllables, the third line has three syllables, the fourth line has four syllables, and the fifth line has ten syllables.[13]”
The tetractys was created by Ray Stebbing, who said the following about his newly created form:
"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.[14]
