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Showing posts with label tetractys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tetractys. Show all posts

Monday, 23 April 2018

Timeless ties: Tetractys (Letters from the soul #20)


Some 
people
touch our lives
with such bright hues
they cannot be wiped from our existence.
Their imprints deepen in our soul daily
like roots of trees
cobalt dyes
timeless
ties.

© Purba Chakraborty 
23.04.2018

Note: This is a Double Tetractys. Tetractys is a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consisting of at least 5 lines with the syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10. 
Double Tetractys consists of 10 lines and follows the syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10,10,4,3,2,1. This poetry form is used to express a complete thought within the mentioned syllable count.