Out Like a Lamb

My Ma Too

Ma
known as
Caroline
on Little House
who calmly cheered and cuddled her children
with her bonnet and a beautiful smile
was my ma too
one hour
every
week.




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April 25—TV series

If you have mastered the Tetractys, the double Tetractys is easy to understand.
You start with the Tetractys, and then you’ll reverse the order of the syllables.

That looks like this:

line 1 - 1 syllable
line 2 - 2 syllables
line 3 - 3 syllables
line 4 - 4 syllables
line 5 - 10 syllables
line 6 – 10 syllables
line 7 – 4 syllables
line 8 – 3 syllables
line 9 – 2 syllables
line 10 – 1 syllable.



Example:

Green
combined
with purple
and snow white.
Crocuses are blooming everywhere…look!
But the grey sky, where rain threatens to fall
touches my mood
depresses
a tear
drops.

© poem: Bianca 2004
Explanation written after seeing an example of a Double Tetractys on the Internet.