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T Is For Tetractys Matisse Ekphrasis

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tetractys was devised by Ray Stebbings & the challenge with the tetractys form is that each line is required 'to stand on its own ' and yet  the poem is to express a complete thought,within the narrow compass of 20 syllables.

my eye was attracted to the Blue nude* by the intensity of colour- the image triggering stark sensations drawn by the simple abstract shape. *Matisse's Blue Nude IV

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