NO BETTER WAY (with photo)

NO BETTER WAY

What
better
way to start
my day than with
toast and jam and a tall cup of heaven
shared with fam'ly and friends and those who care?
No better way,
I would say,
than that
way.

(c) barbara kausteklis 3-23-12

A Tetractys written for "Friday Fling/
Friday Fling Tetractyscally Toasts Toast."

http://www.friendburst.com/blog/84766/friday-fling-toasts-toast/

The Tetractys Format:
According to ShadowPoetry.com

Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also be reversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1

Triple Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10

and so on.

“Euclid, the mathematician of classical times, considered the number series 1, 2, 3, 4 to have mystical significance because its sum is 10, so he dignified it with a name of its own – Tetractys. The tetractys could be Britain’s answer to the haiku. Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables.” – Ray Stebbing

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Thanks always for your visits and comments
~barb~