Poetry Challenge part 6: Tetractys

  • Amanda Bee
    19 years ago

    I hope this challenge hasn't been done already. Anyway, let's write tetracyts!

    TETRACTYS

    Tetractys should express a complete thought, profound
    or comic, witty or wise using 20 syllables. They can be
    written with more than one verse but each subsequent
    verse must invert the syllable count. There is no limit
    to the number of verses. The structure is:

    line 1 - 1 syllable
    line 2 - 2 syllables
    line 3 - 3 syllables
    line 4 - 4 syllables
    line 5 - 10 syllables

  • Amanda Bee
    19 years ago

    Love:
    Could you
    Be so kind
    To please explain
    What exactly do you have against me?

    Okay, that's my attempt:)

  • EoB
    19 years ago

    line 1 - 1 syllable
    line 2 - 2 syllables
    line 3 - 3 syllables
    line 4 - 4 syllables
    line 5 - 10 syllables

    This
    is not
    who I am.
    This is you, dear
    or whatever you wanted me to be.

    blalbalblba...

    another one..

    Bird.
    The Bird.
    Kill the bird
    You killed the bird.
    and still you wonder why it doesn't fly..

    crap

  • Shædow Poet
    19 years ago

    Enslavement I completely LOVED the last one. I don't know. I just really liked it, I didn't think it was crap at all.

    I'm too tired and unintelligent right now to make my own.

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Beads...
    My ear...
    I was four...
    Clakity-clack
    I haven't stuck a bead in my ear since

    Ariana Aug. 20, 2005

    Lmao...true story, too. :P

    //Ari\\

  • Amanda Bee
    19 years ago

    Great work everyone! Fun and a little bit challenging. Keep them coming!

  • Amanda Bee
    19 years ago

    Oh, and broken inside the second line in your poem needs to have 2 syllables:)

  • Christina Gomes
    19 years ago

    Please
    Open
    Your eyes now
    So much to see
    You'll miss your opportunity at love

    ok so maybe its not as good as the rest of yours lol but hey i gave it a try...what do you think? lol x)

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    LMAO

    Bob, i thought the same thing...

    //Ari\\

  • AGirlWorthFightingFor
    19 years ago

    Trust
    used to
    be something
    we could count on.
    "Why me?" You were supposed to understand.

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Mane
    Chimane
    Your Tetracty(s)
    Should have ten counts of
    Syllables in the last lines, not one more

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Here
    We slay
    Each other
    With our words like
    A rubber sword piercing the cyber realm

    Ariana Aug. 20, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • Steven Beesley
    19 years ago

    Wow!
    Such words
    In anger?
    Clouded judgments
    Debate, discussion, then an eruption

  • Sean
    19 years ago

    When
    touching
    the mirror,
    the light i saw
    you dancing softly upon my fingers

  • Steven Beesley
    19 years ago

    Bob,

    Looks like I might be joining you in Hades! I've been put into the dog house today. So what, we will have a "Hot" party down there with the oldest dark poet of them all - Lucy!

    Steve

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Men
    What do
    They do wrong
    To meet Hades
    Forgive me, I am generalizing...

    Ariana, Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Bunched...
    No hugs
    Panties tight
    They offend me
    So pick it out of your crack, you tight stiffs

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    LMAO Just off the top of my head. :P

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    I edited the last line....came up with something better lmao...

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Mane
    Didn't
    You read my
    Advice to write
    Proper Tetractys without additions??

    Plus,
    I shall
    Never think
    You're respectful when
    You type out insults such as these online

    Bob
    Thank you
    The invite
    To Hell has been
    Accepted well, but
    Let's leave the bunched panties above the flames...

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Bob's
    Not the
    Pervert here
    Because really
    YOU'RE bunching your panties up your crack

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    You go Sunny...lmao.

    Roast,
    Sunny
    Roast the 'tude!
    Not medium
    But i'd prefer the disrespect grilled rare

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Hell,
    The fire,
    Needs dousing,
    Was ignited
    By wails for prize
    Sweeping those ashes with no dignity

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    LMAO

    Coals
    Down pants
    OH MY GOD
    Cannot sit down
    And compose correct, complete sentences

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Bob
    Sometimes
    You remind
    Me of one of
    Those demonic gremlins when you're laughing

    (LMAO)

    ..Mock
    Me like
    I have you
    Because it's not fair
    For you to ignore your own burning bed

    ^Um...okay then. Lol.

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Hm..
    Funny
    How a child
    Like me can say
    Loads through her words without being a brat

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    Lol...

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Thanks
    Sunny
    And I must
    Take the pleasure
    Of saying your smile widens my own grin

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    ^_^

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    LMAO

    Love
    Is here
    In this thread
    Let's all group hug
    And remove the underwear from our cracks

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    Let's all just get alooong, people!! And just let yourself gooooooo...

    LMAO..

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Snow
    With doo
    Dropped across
    Santa's reindeer
    End up replacing turkey Christmas Eve...

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    Alright these things are just popping into my head now lol...

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    LMAO

    What sets Bob and the Mods further apart?
    That laugh,
    Brains...
    Which confirms...
    Bob's a gremlin! :D

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    I'd
    Rather
    Not eat that
    Mr. Gremlin
    Bob Sir, there's enough fiber in my food...

    ...Then for me to go and gobble panties
    And wait for
    Santie Claus to
    Bring me
    More!

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    HAHAHAHAHHA Bob, you're right, i'm having too much fun lmao...

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Pet peeves
    Of the Gremlin
    Throw [them]
    Away
    For we're having so much fun here in Hell

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    RELEASE YOUR EMOTIONS!!!!! Don't let them ruin your day!! LMAO

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    LMAO!!!

    I love you both
    You're crazy
    Humor never ceases within your words
    Which is
    Kewl

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    Hahahaha "kewl" as Cartmen would say lmfao...

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    ((Bob and his Gremlin friend..))

    Your cousin slash pet is staring at me
    Strangely now...
    It's hugging me
    So
    Awkward..

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Sunny, would you like to buy a Gremlin?
    If so,
    Remember not
    To wash it
    Down

    Or else it will reproduce with many
    Furballs with
    Bloodshot eyes and
    Scaly
    Ears...

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Maybe if you wet your pants those coals from
    Earlier
    Wouldn't
    Burn as much when
    Pissed.

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    LMAO

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Don't get
    Gremlin Bob wet
    More will come
    And
    We will all be running for our short lives...

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    I am
    The master
    Of Tetractys
    Composing is my game, and i'm winning
    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Oh dear
    Sunny done gone and messed her pantaloons
    Good thing her
    Butt won't hurt much
    Now

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    HAHAHAHA

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Gasp
    I didn't see
    That special date
    When Bob
    Graced us with his words, wisdom, and humor

    Ariana Aug. 21, 2005

    //Ari\\

  • †JustAri†
    19 years ago

    Do my
    Eyes deceive me??
    Or is it true that i've read this sentence...
    "BallNMatt
    Stole [poems]????"

    IT'S ALL LIIIIIIIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And i just thought he was an awesome poet!! Left and right his poems were in the highest ratings...he even won a contest!!

    WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CYBER SOCIETY????

    //Ari\\