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Child of Light (2014), painting by Elizabeth Haasbroek.
Property of Margot Richards.
Margot means child of light.
The Design of The Tesla 3-6-9 (updated June 2025)
- A 9-line verse.
- Lines 3, 6 and 9 rhyme.
- The syllable count of lines 3, 6, and 9 correspond to the line number.
- The 9th line is the punchline and includes a tonal slippage.
- Any topic relating to the poem which incorporates one of Tesla’s many interests and/or quotes is included as a heading/footnote and italicised.
ARTICLE: THE TESLA 3–6–9: Poetic Form since 2017 | PoetrySoup.com
Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it. ~Nikola Tesla