| Spiritual Poetry posted February 17, 2010 |
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contemplative double tetractys
Ash Wednesday (2010)
by adewpearl
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Black ash marks contrition upon my brow, penitential submission to a vow to honor the most exorbitant cost Christ paid for my sins on a weighty cross. |
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The tetractys is a poem of five lines with syllable count of 1/2/3/4/10. A double tetractys continues the pattern with lines of 10/4/3/2/1 syllables.
Today is Ash Wednesday, a day when Christians of many denominations mark the beginning of Lent by asking for forgiveness of their sins. The ashes placed on penitnents' foreheads in the shape of a cross designate that their sins have been forgiven.
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