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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.

T Is For Tetractys Matisse Ekphrasis

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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