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The challenge with the tetractys form is that each line is required 'to stand on its own ' and 
yet it the poem is to express a complete thought,within the narrow compass of 20 syllables.

Eye poems displaying a shapely form, exempting audition from needless stress.

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Date: 11/20/2020 4:13:00 AM
Concise and to the point; well-done.
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Brian Strand
Date: 11/20/2020 5:57:00 AM
Cheers, RAP ,not an easy form in reality
Date: 9/22/2019 9:56:00 AM
Brian, this is lovely, let me give the form a whirl !
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Brian Strand
Date: 9/22/2019 10:22:00 AM
Look forward to reading your FFI poem Constance

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