Mystery and Seclusion

strange
forest
mysteries
holds, gnarled bent  trees
with dense thorny leaves and fresh water spring
diffusing sunlight into greenish glow
laced with shadows
coiled  ivy
writhe the
path
An
ardent
old wiry
witch on a stump
caretaker of the enchanted forest

7/4/2016

Triple Tetractys as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10. 
using  http://www.howmanysyllables.com/

allusionfantasymythtetractys

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/10/2016 1:05:00 AM

this is gorgeous work, Eve! Love the imagery like in that part: "writhe the path" with great alliteration!! Great model poem.

Karam Misra

Date: 7/9/2016 10:35:00 PM

Wonderful, enchanting picture you painted there, Eve. It's like a fantasy painting - just love it. And to top it all the shape is like Alladin's lamp! Maybe the witch and the genie will work out some magic spells. ~karam~

Paul Callus

Date: 7/9/2016 6:04:00 PM

Excellent, Eve! Imagery and enchanting mystery hold the readers' attention to the full! Now I'm tempted to have a go at this form, too! Hugs // paul

Jan Allison

Date: 7/9/2016 9:16:00 AM

Wow Eve what a great example - I have never tried this form before and you have set the bar high with this contest but I'll give it my best shot:-) hugs jan xx

CayCay Jennings

Date: 7/8/2016 5:29:00 PM

Your contest intrigued me enough to come here and what a gem I found! Not only do I like this form (don't know that I ever noticed it before), but I truly enjoyed your poem of great imagery. You give enough imagery to set the readers imagination free - you don't lock the reader in, but give them tools thru your words to imaginatively go where they will. A gem, Eve ... CayCay

Seren Roberts

Date: 7/8/2016 1:33:00 PM

Oh Eve how am i supposed to top your poem, loved it..Seren

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/8/2016 1:33:00 PM

An awsome example Eve. I really love this poem! #7 ; )

Constance La France

Date: 7/8/2016 8:05:00 AM

Eve this is a great example for your contest, and I love your tetraactys, all three of them and I am working on mine today ~

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/7/2016 9:28:00 PM

Hi Eve, You penned a lovely piece with amazing imagery. Congrats on your placement in the contest:-) Alexis

James Marshall Goff

Date: 7/7/2016 10:38:00 AM

very coolness, Eve....love it! inspires me! am going camping with one of my Daughters (28, lives in Chi-Town)next Month to one of our magic forest places in Minnesota....The true source of the Mississippi, on Elk Lake, connected to Lake Itasca but not worthy of title according to Henry Schoolcraft, leader of the expedition, guided by Chief Ozawindib who told him the true source, but was rejected! WE know the very spring in the hill above the Lake that originates the great river....jimbo