tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77736152775866697382011-07-08T08:17:16.692-07:00Poetry in Twenty syllablesichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773615277586669738.post-28385550024322300292008-08-09T07:37:00.000-07:002010-09-20T02:37:11.713-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SJ2wyLaES2I/AAAAAAAAAD0/RjeKJzPQiRk/s1600-h/Photo-0053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232532718176455522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SJ2wyLaES2I/AAAAAAAAAD0/RjeKJzPQiRk/s320/Photo-0053.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The tetractys poetic form was devised by the late Ray Stebbing as a grammatical 20 syllable verse of 5 lines.Syllable sequence 1,2,3,4 &amp; 10.<strong>Each line to stand on its own,</strong>as in my example Ichthys below.The challenge is to express a complete thought,profound or comic,witty or wise within the 20 syllables.The tetractys can be doubled or inverted.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here are some of my examples.These are copyright of myself but maybe reproduced for educationa purposes provided an acknowledgement is given and confirmation thereof is sent to <a href="mailto:strandbg@aol.com">strandbg@hotmail.com</a> .Further reading on this form is in my chapbook <strong>SHORTHAND OF THE HEART</strong> isbn 1-903203-422 Price £5 $10 or 8 euro postpaid inquire at above email</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center">ICHTHYS</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">White</div><br /><div align="center">blossom,</div><br /><div align="center">a welcome</div><br /><div align="center">springtime emblem,</div><br /><div align="center">th foretaste of succulent fruit to come</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">PIPE DREAMS</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Just</div><br /><div align="center">beyond</div><br /><div align="center">his compass</div><br /><div align="center">amibitions lay</div><br /><div align="center">buried deep within long forgotten dreams</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">SUMMER BALL</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Love</div><br /><div align="center">blossomed</div><br /><div align="center">suddenly</div><br /><div align="center">that evening</div><br /><div align="center">they met by chance, in the 'excuse me' dance</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><strong>Other Educational Poetry Blogs of mine are</strong><br />haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />vignette-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />monoku-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />sequence-fibonacci.blogspot.com<br />ekphrasis-poiema.blogspot.com<br />quintile.blogspot.com<br />quintain.blogspot.com<br />ichthys-couplets.blogspot.com<br />epulaeryu.blogspot.com<br />tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />englyn.blogspot.com<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7773615277586669738-2838555002432230029?l=tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.com0