Theme Prompt, Poetry, Double Tetractys

Hot To The Touch

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #196
where Svenja asks us to write a Double Tetractys
poem about a spicy or naughty relationship,
keeping it suggestive rather than explicit.
This is my Double Tetractys. Thanks, Svenja!

Image by Me & ChatGPT

Heat
rises
when you smile
that teasing grin,
promising trouble we should never start.
Your warm hand finds mine beneath the table.
Hearts are racing,
testing fate.
We’re on
fire.

NAR©2026
#W3

Nancy’s Notes: A Tetractys is a five-line, 20-syllable poem that follows a strict, pyramid-like syllable count of 1/2/3/4/10. It is a concise form designed to express a single, focused idea or image within just 20 syllables. A Double Tetractys poem is made up of two Tetractys poems joined together. The first five lines build up, the next five lines mirror them in reverse. Syllable pattern is 1/2/3/4/10/10/4/3/2/1.

This is “I’m On Fire” by Bruce Springsteen

W3 Prompt #196: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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31 thoughts on “Hot To The Touch”

    1. Thank you, David. This was a new poem style for me and at first threw me for a loop. Once I understood what it was all about, I totally enjoyed creating my double tetractys! Weave Written Weekly is great for introducing new styles of poetry to us. Thanks, David!

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