Best Tet Poems
Snow
Falling
Creating
A white carpet
That dazzles us with its sheer brilliance
Spring arrives and the carpet is no more
Buds now appear
Birds singing
Flowers
Bloom.
Written 25th April 2019
For Tetractys This Poetry Contest.
Sponsored by Charles Messina .
Waves
and spume
tickles toes
as I paddle
on the shore ... reliving my childhood days
Sweet memories come flooding back to me
a tiny tot
having fun
in the
sea
Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Charles Messina
4/28/19
Oh,
My love…
Where hath thy,
Gone? In deeper,
Sorrows where slings, arrows, and swords are drawn…
For I will love thy ways forever still,
In foolish dreams…
Love doth spill,
Beyond…
Streams.
April.24.2019
Tetractys This Poetry
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
A Tetractys poem can be done a few different ways. It is a 5 line poem with the 1st line having one syllable, the 2nd line two syllables, the 3rd line three syllables, the 4th line four syllables and the 5th line 10 syllables (1,2,3,4, 10) You may also do this in reverse (10,4,3,2,1) or a double Tetractys (1,2,3,4,10, 10,4,3,2,1)...See Charles example ("So Precious Is Love")
Placed 1'st...Thank you
Sleep
A Taste
In This Life
Of What Awaits
Streams of Consciousness Slowly Leaving Earth
Returning Whence We Came -- To Our Maker
Our Primal Source
Of Life and
Of Love
Death
April 24, 2019
Entry in 'Tectractys This Poetry' contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
I
dance with
the ocean
jumping blue waves -
soaking in its stretch of sun-drenched beauty
When the sun sinks low, I dine with the sky
as I devour
dusk's hues and
imbibe
peace.
April 26, 2019 for the Tetractys This Poetry Contest of charles messina
Viet Nam has left many with mental pictures
Images, that some, just couldn't forget.
And when it was over and troops were home
Many vanished, living alone with their regret.
Some found themselves living on the streets
Disrespected and blamed for an unjust war.
Spat upon by some, and psychologically ill
Now doubting what they had fought for.
My brother was a soldier mentally tough
Decorated and wounded during his 23 years.
Was it the pressure of being a civilian
That caused family to shed those tears?
Joe's name isn't written on the traveling wall
Nor does a granite headstone mark his spot.
Yet I count Joe D. among the living dead
Just another memory that time can't blot.
My brother has been missing since 1984
The dragons mottled the streets with colorful wonders..
As they danced, twisted and soared into the glassy air.
The Ao DAIs, like blazing flames,
Fluttered in endless joy on the first spring day--
The breathing gale hummed 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'.
Bouquets of daffodils and pots of lillies,
Ablaze, filled the outdoor markets---
Their dazzling wings unfolded as they welcome February.
Poping fireworks echoed from the soul of a city
To the heart of each individual---
Spring had now returned to Vietnam.
Silence, now,had hibernated,
Leaving the celebration of the Vietnameses to sail into the evening.
Why
do I
always sigh
and start to cry
when romance comes to mind? Just for a while,
I savor past love's sweetness as I smile.
Then come the tears
and the fears
that sear
hope.
I
do cope
but being
alone, seeing
others in love reminds me--time's fleeing.
July, 2016, placed second in Eve Roper's Triple Tetractys Contest
Date: September 29, 2017
Contest: Standard 340 Placed second
Sponsor Brian Strand
April 25, 2019, entered in Charles Messina's Tetractys This Contest
Placed first
Condemned
nice
house had
christmas trees
and children sounds
asking, “Ma, is it time to come in now?”
oh how we stretched forth here and became grown
voices are still
haunting now
glory
gone
once
favored
domicile
all move in new
what fools destroyed your beauty day by day?
7/10/16
Dive bomber carpenter with red-stained teeth
suicidal
buzzing sound
creeps me
out
4/24/2019
Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Charles Messina
Dark
Dismal
Bitter cold
Winter season
A time to hibernate, relax and rest
A time for rejuvenation, rebirth
Springtime season
Warmth returns
Joyful
Bright
4/26/19
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
VietNam War – TET
war
60’s
Viet Nam
youth quickly lost
Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe
Written April 28, 2019
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Gourmand - TET
Sight
Smells Good
Tastes good too
Let me touch it
My four senses all like the beef jerky
My fifth sense hears the complaints of my choice
What do I care
it's sole food
old shoes
choose
Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Charles Messina
April 25, 2019
Many rose petals floating downstream on a gleaming river
They move so slowly, almost getting lost in the sun's white glare
The monks on the riverbank seem lost in idle reverie
Jules
Buoyant
Inspired
Sylph in his eyes
Lost in the fog where restive hearts reside
Will she surrender her passionate flame?
It's all he wants
To be named
Whispered
Craved.