A Child of Light

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Child of Light (2014), painting by Elizabeth Haasbroek.

Property of Margot Richards.

Margot means child of light.

The Tesla 3-6-9

The design updated July 2021 by Suzette Richards.

1. It is to be written over 9 lines, as one verse, on one single topic;
2. the 3^rd, 6^th and 9^th lines must rhyme;
3. the 9^th line is the punch line, the core message that draws the poem together;
4. metre and punctuation are optional;
5. 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}