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Athena
post Jan 26 04, 04:18
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Say Boys and Girls and all you Grown Kids, too!  Anyone wanna play with me?

I mean,

we learned what a tetractys is a few weeks ago and several of us tried them.  Now I have an idea I hope will catch on:  

A Tetractys Train!
or Interactive Tetractys


Here's how it would work: I'll write a single or double tet, the next person begins their tet with the last word of mine, the next person begins theirs with the end word on that one, etc.  They do NOT have to be on the same subject, but they CAN be if you wish.  It's all up to YOU! Whattaya think?  Shall we give it a go?

Remember the rules of tets:
First line: 1 syllable
Second line: 2 syllables
Third line: 3 syllables
Forth line: 4 syllables
Fifth line: 10 syllables

If you want to write a double it goes like this: 1,2,3,4,10,10,4,3,2,1.  Every line must be as self-contained as possible not relying on the next line to make its point.


Here comes my first one: (Uh-oh, it feels like a serious one is coming    .... here it comes ............ yess ............ it's coming ......... almost here .......... and yeppers ..... it's a serious one, but that's OK, right?)

Love
a word
that is thrown
around by men
and women alike.  Some people have no
deeper conviction of that term than ants ...
while this great word
means so much
to some
folks.


If you'd like to play, the next single or double tetractys will begin with the word: Folks  I know, mine was done hurridly and didn't come out so well, but I bet you'll do it better!

I'm looking forward to what everyone does with this idea!  C'mon, let's PLAY!  

Always trying to learn,
Athena-type-Dolly   Pharoah.gif
 
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- Athena   Tetractys Train   Jan 26 04, 04:18
- - JustDaniel   Folks, know this: as designed, with tetractys each...   Jan 26 04, 18:06
- - Cleo_Serapis   What a great idea! I'll be back myself with som...   Jan 26 04, 20:27
- - Cleo_Serapis   Whole, or part, images are reflections that lead u...   Jan 26 04, 20:37
- - Athena   QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Jan. 26 2004, 15:06)Folk...   Jan 26 04, 23:35
- - Athena   QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Jan. 26 2004, 17:37)Who...   Jan 26 04, 23:43
- - Athena   QUOTE Love a word that is thrown around by men an...   Jan 27 04, 01:58
- - JustDaniel   Hmmmm Since tets begin with one syllable, and you...   Jan 27 04, 05:57
- - Cleo_Serapis   Why don't you use rain Daniel? Close enuf..... :w...   Jan 27 04, 06:10
- - Athena   Of course you're right, Daniel!! ...   Jan 27 04, 17:27
- - Cleo_Serapis   End; or start a new thought that blossoms bright, ...   Jan 27 04, 19:19
- - JustDaniel   Now THAT is a tetractys, LorII!  Brava!   Jan 28 04, 00:13
- - Athena   I wish to add my brava to yours, Daniel! Lor...   Jan 28 04, 02:57
- - Athena   Fun is what we all seek to bring us joy. But, laug...   Jan 28 04, 05:11
- - Cleo_Serapis   Thankies Daniel and Dolly! Dolly, you newest is ...   Jan 28 04, 06:23
- - Cleo_Serapis   Love can come in varied shapes and sizes; Sometime...   Jan 29 04, 17:39
- -   CHARITY BEGINS, AND ENDS Friend in need, when kno...   Jan 29 04, 17:50
- - Athena   Dear Alan, Delightful tetracys!  However, may...   Jan 30 04, 04:25
- -   Dear Dolly You say "using a comma PLUS "and" is u...   Jan 30 04, 04:56
- - Athena   Yeppersir!  You're sure correct, Alan...   Jan 30 04, 06:49
- - JustDaniel   hard on hearing ears hear naught may be blocked o...   Jan 30 04, 07:35
- - Athena   Thoughtless Songs Mouth speaking without ears he...   Jan 31 04, 03:55
- -   DRIVE SAFELY First answer not always exactly righ...   Jan 31 04, 05:36
- - JustDaniel   err I trip well I must with wisdom clear my winds...   Jan 31 04, 06:12
- -   COMINGS/GOINGS Me myself and I too wish bon voyag...   Jan 31 04, 06:56
- - Cleo_Serapis   Hmmmm - now Alan! How does one start a TET with th...   Jan 31 04, 08:15
- -   Dear Cleo Here's how : TETRACTYS IS THE MO...   Jan 31 04, 10:34
- - Cleo_Serapis   The clever ones always retort with a rhyme and a r...   Jan 31 04, 20:12
- -   HOW DOES HE DO IT ? All you need is a mind like...   Jan 31 04, 21:34
- -   ONLY XI MORE YEARS TO GO ..... Go   Bo...   Jan 31 04, 21:49
- - Cleo_Serapis   Ahhhh!   Great one Alan!     Name winnin...   Feb 1 04, 15:27
- - Athena   When Home Games Fail Game goes well when all play...   Feb 7 04, 22:18
- -   MY WORDS OF WISDOM, BEQUEATHED UNTO THEE Sad ? Be...   Feb 8 04, 04:58
- - JustDaniel   Marquis de Sad Sade Marquis who sought pain debau...   Feb 8 04, 05:45
- - JustDaniel   OOPS Tet far be it from this guy to ignore friend...   Feb 8 04, 05:53
- -   Dear Daniel No need at all to be unbarrassed ...   Feb 8 04, 06:15
- - JustDaniel   Thanks, Alan... so I'll add to the corporate...   Feb 8 04, 19:56
- - Athena   Fight For The Right rights to have most freedoms,...   Feb 8 04, 21:24
- -   Hey Dolly, This is an amazing sequence of quick-f...   Feb 9 04, 01:03
- - Athena   Thank you so very much, Alan!  Why whatever wo...   Feb 9 04, 02:34
- -   Dear Dolly "Just funnin' with ya, kiddo" Wel...   Feb 9 04, 02:52
- - JustDaniel   Dolly...  "us" makes too much muss and fuss.....   Feb 9 04, 21:48
- - Athena   Is It Golden? I pondered what you'd said, th...   Feb 10 04, 01:50
- - Cleo_Serapis   I see gold! Gold comes in all shapes and sizes. W...   Feb 11 04, 12:23
- - Athena   Dear Lori ... I hope you do see "ka-ching gold" in...   Feb 13 04, 01:35
- - Cleo_Serapis   Way down South by the train graveyard, I spied a m...   Feb 16 04, 18:46
- - JustDaniel   <font color='#000000'>Lost in Line S...   Feb 16 04, 19:08
- - Athena   Pen Mightier Than Sword tongue meets ear in langu...   Feb 17 04, 01:23
- - Dove   Stilled crickets; the night sleeps too quietly as ...   Mar 12 04, 04:29
- - Athena   I LOVE your tetractys, Jessica!   Mine w...   Mar 13 04, 03:27
- - Athena   Thump thump, thump beat my heart as he drew near; ...   Mar 13 04, 05:57
- - Cleo_Serapis   Waste not one ounce of time on trivial matters, th...   Jun 6 04, 08:50
- - JustDaniel   I am spent from posting meaninglessness. I think i...   Jun 10 04, 07:32
- - Cleo_Serapis   Pen a thought, or many, on thick parchment of you...   Jun 20 04, 08:46
- - JustDaniel   <font color='#000000'>touch my pen t...   Jun 20 04, 16:33
- - Zeus²   Page, just an instrument of an idea, brought fort...   Jun 21 04, 17:40
- - JustDaniel   <font color='#000000'>sole flat fish...   Jun 21 04, 19:07
- - JustDaniel   fresh writing exercise whets your whistle to s...   May 2 12, 11:01
- - JustDaniel   ears will hear differently what's been writ...   Mar 16 13, 20:01
- - Larry   words written, unlike speech, have some pronoun...   Mar 17 13, 16:16
- - JustDaniel   fit your words for the lines both 5 and 6 into...   Mar 18 13, 08:19
- - Larry   Hey Daniel, I started at the beginning of this po...   Mar 18 13, 14:48
- - JustDaniel   up above where you cite my rule of thumb the k...   Mar 18 13, 15:16
- - Larry   lines adhere gluing eyes knowledge burrows lik...   Mar 18 13, 16:00
- - JustDaniel   minds enjoin each other to try to meld and emb...   Mar 19 13, 10:39
- - Larry   truth kernels recount facts thoughts complicate...   Mar 19 13, 15:32
- - JustDaniel   lye bucket soaks the chain that Burger King us...   Mar 19 13, 19:24
- - Larry   How about a double acrostic Tetractys? flour pow...   Apr 2 13, 16:52
- - JustDaniel   OK, Larry... You asked for it, so here's my r...   Apr 5 13, 14:43
- - Larry   Great Daniel! Now, back at you once more with...   Apr 30 13, 09:49
- - JustDaniel   ELIMINATED LIMNBURGER eel limni inked by him ...   Dec 8 13, 21:08
- - Larry   A WREATH DECORATION... EMERALD EYE Dare each no...   Dec 10 13, 01:13

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