Traci's Limerick

Though her remarks are often quite witty
and her face, in repose, is so pretty,
it is apparent to me,
and all who can see,
that this girl has the claws of a kitty!
DragonFly Tanka
(tanka is a classic form of Japanese 7 line poetry following a 5,7,5,7,7 pattern)

Sitting on the deck
sunlit tangles in her hair,
dragonflies swoop in.
Bright flashes of blue and green,
they come to her once, then leave.
Tetractys-a poetry form that contains 5 lines per stanza and adheres to the following syllable count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10. If there is a second stanza, the count must be inverted-10,4,3,2,1.  The term "tetractys" was invented by the mathmetician Euclid, who considered this numerical sequence to have mystical powers. The poem to the right is an example of a double tetractys.
Smile
as if
it will change
and somehow slip
or slide around the darkness of your heart
For in the shadows of a heavy heart,
what can we do
but hold still,
hope and
smile?
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