June Activity Feature--The Tetractys--Hosted By Jack Horne--Whispers’ Activity Feature Editor

Some moving, some beautiful, some humorous, I loved your tetractys poetry! For many of you, this was probably a new form and you all did a great job. If you wrote a single (5 lines) or double (10 lines) tetractys poem, my thanks to each and every one of you.

                                                       Jack

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The Sentinel

The

Soldier

Who stands guard

At the fortress 

Is the true sentinel of the city

 Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi, India

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Discrete Quantities

string
theory
vibrations
with everything ~
these quantum effects cannot be ignored

Pat Geyer, United States

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Many Happy Returns

Joy 
came by
happily
serving others,

with no other motive than "His pure love".

Charlene McCutcheon, United States

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Relief

stone

falling

to the sea

a long way down

She recovers her equilibrium

Isha Wagner, New Zealand

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Fog

Fog

rolls back

to reveal

all the colors,

gauze-like mist dropping from in front of eyes.

Linda Imbler, United States.

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Meditation Garden

June

Grandma's

flowers bloom

in the garden

her gifts to me, letting me know she's close.

Enduring love with her arms around me,

security

of days past,

I love

you.

Barbara Tate, United States

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Losing Vision

My
eyes go
dark as my
heart grows cold as
my mind goes to pieces over my fate.
I can blame others, I can blame myself,
I can blame God
but all this
blame is
blind.

Michael A. Griffith, United States

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I Object

verse
is not
just about
a certain style
it is all about writing from the heart.

Caryl Calsyn, United States

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Unfeeling

Trim
Your long
Nail and hair
Love growing fast
Towards me, restrain and feel no more pain.

Partha Chatterjee, India

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Flying High

Son

my child

spread your wings

and leave the nest

then fly as high as an eagle in flight.

You have the opportunity to soar,

to make your mark

in the world...

go for

it!

Jan Allison, Isle of Man

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Sour Grapes

You

do know

that writing

a tetractys

is really no more than just showing off.

Nick Spargo, United Kingdom

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Fairy Tale Tetractys

 “Once

upon

a time” is,

by tradition,

a great way to begin a fairy tale.

 “And they lived happily ever after”

is the way all

good fairy

tales should

end.

Carl ‘Papa’ Palmer, United States

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I

love to

pick flowers

from her garden

the camellia blooms are like snowfall

Anne Curran, New Zealand

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The Rhythmic Sea

blue
swelling 

waves that quench
the sun’s dry lips;
they wait for night to dance beneath the stars.

Paul Callus, Malta

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Time Traveler

each step floats above the earth as time stops

to give us hope

gravity

seeks to

crush

James Marshall Goff, United States

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Popsicles with Friends

Things

That bring

Many smiles

Are popsicles

Eaten with friends around the swimming pool

Mary Bone, United States

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Bare

and lost

the fir tree

without candles

some parcels still awaiting collection

Gert Knop, Germany

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Homecoming

Screams

of joy

spotting Dad

on the tarmac

safely returning from tour of duty.

Deb Felio, United States

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Barnyard Swallows

Birds

In flight

Catch insects

To feed their young

Devoted parents, hover, feed, defend

Distressed by our presence on the porch

Fly in, retreat

Then slip by

Feed young

Bugs

Sara Kendrick, United States

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Faith

Dark

moments --

I still do

believe the light

will guide me and chase the shadows away

Inge Wesdijk, The Netherlands

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Quiet Light

Soft

essence~~

the twilight

waves' crests shimmer.

My spirit finds solace in swishing sounds.

By Karen O’Leary, United States

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Our Side of the Street

this

terrace

bookended 

by cherry trees –

it's a bloomin' gorgeous place to reside.

autumn-flowering then spring-flowering,

one at each end –  

like bright stars

short lived

blooms.

Mary Gunn, Ireland.

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Try Tetractys

Try

As a

Good writer

I did not see

The true value of style, the Tetractys

Yancy Lee Dalton, United States

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Candle of Hope

Hope

is one

small candle

against darkness

held tight in many hands to light the world

A flicker within nights inky chalkboard 

that ripples streaks

of freedom 

seen by

all

Mary A. Couch, United States

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Holiday Cheer

The

turkey

is missing

this Thanksgiving.

I wonder if he’ll make it for Christmas.

Robert P. Hansen, United States

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Chasing Rainbows

Eyes

staring

constantly

at the closed door;

For years waiting to see him return home.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma, India

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Sunset

The 

red ball 

spreading out,

now fades and then 

a nice glissade over the rift valleys 

Gopal Lahiri, Mumbai, India