by Irina Dimitric
Member since:
September 7, 2011

Night Wait - for Mindful Poetry Contest: April 9, 2012 - Tetractys

April 09, 2012 05:57 PM UTC
views: 0 | 15 people recommend this | comments: 46

Write a Tetractys

Follow these rules:

  1. This form uses 20 syllables.
  2. And 5 total lines.
  3. Today's prompt: Use the letter Z four times
  4. Publish so that the date stamped is April 9th and only one stamp date unless you leave a message in the comment section.
  5. Tag with MP2012
  6. Publish to Mindful Poetry (and other groups as you wish)

                                             Night Wait

   

 

 

 

 

 

Snooze

He mustn’t

Wait he will

Most zealously

For his guest: the juicy, black, buzzing fly.

 

 

 

© irina dimitric

 

 

                      

                         

 

 

Comments: 46

Debbie W. Apr 9, 2012, 5:59pm UTC
Wonderful!
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 7:08pm UTC
Thank you so much, Debbie.
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 9, 2012, 6:36pm UTC
delightful, ms Muffet...inside the spider's mind...very wel done
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 7:09pm UTC
I'm glad you like it, Richard.
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 9, 2012, 9:37pm UTC
thank you for sharing with Surreal Circus
A. F. Stewart Apr 9, 2012, 6:55pm UTC
A neat poem.
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 7:10pm UTC
Thank you so much, A.F.
JOHN BECK Apr 9, 2012, 6:56pm UTC
Zealous for the juicy ones, of course!
Well done, Irina.
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 7:11pm UTC
Thank you so much, John. I appreciate your feedback.
Granny Janny Apr 9, 2012, 7:15pm UTC
You got it right this time!
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 7:43pm UTC
Yes, thank Heavens!
The fly patrol. Well done!
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 11:48pm UTC
Yes, spot on, Magi.
:)
elizabeth evans Apr 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC
Wonderful!


Featured in Triple Name Club.
Irina Dimitric Apr 9, 2012, 11:49pm UTC
Thank you so much for the feature, Elizabeth.
Alice G. Apr 9, 2012, 8:40pm UTC
Good one, Irina. Hope it is a good night for the spider too. My grandaughter will love this one.
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 12:00am UTC
I opened the door this morning, that's where he'd installed his web, on the left under the roof, and to my dismay I found it in tatters because the wind was very strong last night. The spider is now sleeping in the groove under the roof, and I'll be on the watch to see when he'll start repairing his house. Please, tell your granddaughter this, too.
Priya P. Apr 10, 2012, 12:05am UTC
You have a great imagination, in your poem and in your comment above. Wonderful poem Irina.
Diane Huizenga Apr 9, 2012, 10:14pm UTC
Yikes and wonderful
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 12:01am UTC
This spider is not dangerous to humans. I'm glad you like my poem.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 9, 2012, 10:30pm UTC
Spiders, spiders, how I love them
Crawling, creeping, while I'm sleeping.

Fun for all, Irina!

This is your second tetractys today and so I'll enter it into Mindful Poetry's Contest as a non-compete. I thank you for sharing and causing us to think of spiders. (I really do like them.)
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 12:06am UTC
Ha ha ha...lovely rhyme, Susan.

I couldn't resist writing another tetractys when I spotted this spider in the middle of his web right outside my door last night.
Doug Westberg Apr 9, 2012, 10:53pm UTC
Thanks for sharing with Depression and Creativity!
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 12:07am UTC
My pleasure.
stephen berwaldt Apr 9, 2012, 11:08pm UTC
I loved this, Irina...reminds me of the final scene of "Silence of the Lambs" where Hannibal the Cannibal says "I have to go now, Clarisse, I'm having a friend for dinner!"

Psst...(an extra syllable in line two)

Thank you submitting to Gathers Luminous Writers and Artists. Now featured.
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 12:20am UTC
I've never seen the creepy movie...perhaps I ought to since I'm discovering a creepy streak in me! I might like it.

Psst ( you're right, Stephen, "mustn't" when pronounced has a vowel after "s". Thanks for drawing my attention to it.)

Thank you so much for the feature.
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 1:11am UTC
Stephen, I'll replace "mustn't" with "can't". Not in this post, in my own records, just to remember better.
Janet "Jax" B. Apr 10, 2012, 12:56am UTC
Oh how very fun.
Janet "Jax" B. Apr 10, 2012, 12:57am UTC
I actually find spiders fascinating.
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 1:06am UTC
So do I, Janet.
Alison H. Apr 10, 2012, 12:56am UTC
Ooh, you trapped me in this one! Most excellent.
Irina Dimitric Apr 10, 2012, 1:07am UTC
Thank you so much, Alison.
Charli Mills Apr 10, 2012, 7:25am UTC
Somehow the word Tetractys sounds like a type of spider! Well woven syllables!
Irina Dimitric Apr 11, 2012, 8:17am UTC
Thank you, Charli.
Cynthia C. Apr 10, 2012, 7:46am UTC
Thank you so much for sharing with Sadies Points
Irina Dimitric Apr 11, 2012, 8:17am UTC
My pleasure.
Angie O. Apr 10, 2012, 8:20am UTC
I don't like spiders much, nor flies but I do like the poem very much. Good job.
Irina Dimitric Apr 11, 2012, 8:18am UTC
Thank you, Angie.
Atticus *. Apr 10, 2012, 10:25am UTC
Another tasty morsel. :-) Nice one Irina
Irina Dimitric Apr 11, 2012, 8:18am UTC
Thank you, Atticus.
Veronica Hosking Apr 10, 2012, 11:38am UTC
Ah yes, my children's favorite poem; "Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly."
Irina Dimitric Apr 11, 2012, 8:19am UTC
I don't know that poem.
Veronica Hosking Apr 11, 2012, 1:52pm UTC
The Spider and the Fly
Irina Dimitric Apr 12, 2012, 1:40am UTC
Thank you, Veronica.
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Apr 15, 2012, 7:03pm UTC
Thank you so much for sharing with Animal & Nature photos, videos and posts.

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