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A Reflective Double Tetractys
Rain Drops by adewpearl



Each
raindrop
feeds hunger
and quenches thirst,
yet we curse the dark skies as rainclouds burst.
We rail at the rainstorm that gets us wet,
rather than see
all the good
we will
get.



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A tetractys poem expresses a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise. It is five lines long, with the following syllable count : 1/2/3/4/10. If a second verse is added as in this poem, the syllable count must be inverted in the second verse so that it is 10/4/3/2/1.

     

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