the halfway point » tetractys http://thehalfwaypoint.net choosing positivity Fri, 20 May 2011 08:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Now — double tetractys http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/now-double-tetractys/ http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/now-double-tetractys/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:51:20 +0000 Belinda Munoz http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4549

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here
breathing
seizing life
blood pulsating
this ephemeral thrill in which I steep

there is no telling how long it will last
this divine dance
brazen beat
thrumming
now

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This piece was inspired by Ruined, a fantastic Pulitzer prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage about the horrific condition of the lives of the women and men in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  I remain hopeful that you & I & the rest of the world can and will do something to improve the now of the Congolese.  Now…

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This is a double tetractys for One Shot Wednesday.  A tetractys is a poetic form consisting of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20).  The second verse in a double tetractys has an inverted syllable count of 5 lines of 10, 4, 3, 2, 1 syllables (total of 20).

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