Labyrinth

Tetractys, A Tetractys is an age-old English form of writing poetry which was created by the late English poet Ray Stebbings. It is basically a five-line poem of 20 syllables with a title.

Labyrinth (Mirror Tetractys)

 

 

 

Love,

You left

Without me

To the unknown.

Leaving me behind in an obscure town!

 

Here I’m haunted by daemons of our past.

So…come back soon.

Stop me to

Become

-Me.

Author's Note

Tetractys is an age-old English form of writing poetry which was created by the late English poet Ray Stebbings. It is basically a five-line poem of 20 syllables with a title, arranged in the following order: 1,2,3,4,10.
Whereas, a Mirror Tetractys is a form with two 5-line stanzas consisting of a simple Tetractys followed by a reverse Tetractys. Thus, it should have a syllabus count of: 1-2-3-4-10 : 10-4-3-2-1 :)

Reviews

[Eudaimoniac]

I kinda see form as a restriction that one can set themselves. It means it's easier to fail, but when successful can be all the more impressive according to a specific standard (easily comparable etc.) I think you've done very well, I look forward to reading more of you, and perhaps to learn more about form through your skill.

[Bhavya Kaushik]

Thank you :)

[Sid]

Amazing write...Despite adhering to a rather demanding and constraining form, your words flow beautifully. To be able to express so much in such a constrained style is truly genius. Amazing write!!

[Bhavya Kaushik]

Thank you :)

[prodicallife]

Another wonderful piece by you Bhavya.

Regards
Prodical

[Arielle Ann]

well its difficult to express what you wish to when adhering to a particular style....but your words seemed unrestrained....flowed effortlessly as if in sync....coming to the write , the last lines were just fascinating "stop me to become me"-gosh it could mean so many things~maybe returning to your past, turning into someone you dont want to but cant avoid etc etc.but the best things in poetry comes under wraps....beauty!!!

[Bhavya Kaushik]

Thank you so much for the beautiful review. Appreciate your time and words a lot :)

[Arielle Ann]

always welcome :)

[the_stoic]

i personally feel that adhering to a particular form does curb the way one wants to express.. but you did it well here !

[Bhavya Kaushik]

Thanks man! :)

[Balkaran Sidhu]

Good write...

[Balkaran Sidhu]

Really amazing