The Nonet is a pleasing form in that when centered on the page, looks like a reversed triangle.
This form has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, and so on... until line nine that ends the poem with one syllable. It has no other required elements.
line 1 - 9 syllables
line 2 - 8 syllables
line 3 - 7 syllables
line 4 - 6 syllables
line 5 - 5 syllables
line 6 - 4 syllables
line 7 - 3 syllables
line 8 - 2 syllables
line 9 - 1 syllable
Have fun! Daniel - I hope you'll post some as examples? :sun:
Full Version: Nonet
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Didn't notice this, LorII! Here's one to start things off:
sLightly dizzy, Daniel
Whirlwind Dancin’ Ain’t Wrong After All
dancing free from Satan’s lies, I’m one
with brother, friend, and ‘enemy’
in bounding, senseless Fantasy
yet Truth in all its bindings
sensing it may expound
unbound, now feeling
things forbidden
that in truth
were not
wrong
© MLee Dickens'son 20 Sept 2003
dancing free from Satan’s lies, I’m one
with brother, friend, and ‘enemy’
in bounding, senseless Fantasy
yet Truth in all its bindings
sensing it may expound
unbound, now feeling
things forbidden
that in truth
were not
wrong
© MLee Dickens'son 20 Sept 2003
sLightly dizzy, Daniel
How about an acrostic nonet:
Eviction
Eventually this day would come;
villain – this procrastination
inexorably . . . must end,
crashing all about you
~ still, my heart pounds out ~
to let you know
it’s firmly
ordered
now
© MLee Dickens'son 10 Sept 2003
Eventually this day would come;
villain – this procrastination
inexorably . . . must end,
crashing all about you
~ still, my heart pounds out ~
to let you know
it’s firmly
ordered
now
© MLee Dickens'son 10 Sept 2003
Dear Daniel
Love these two !
Here's a acrostic right back at you, which has the extra dimension of being a picture poem as well !
WHIRLWIND
What a joy, to be in Kansas now,
hoping for something to happen;
interesting, or p'raps not.
Ready to live, to jump,
like flying through air
whirled by the wind.
I am up !
No, go
down.
Alan McAlpine Douglas
If this one seems slightly lame, it is. I had a much better one which when nearly finished, the computer crashed, and I lost it, together with that spark of create that set it off.
Love
Alan
Love these two !
Here's a acrostic right back at you, which has the extra dimension of being a picture poem as well !
WHIRLWIND
What a joy, to be in Kansas now,
hoping for something to happen;
interesting, or p'raps not.
Ready to live, to jump,
like flying through air
whirled by the wind.
I am up !
No, go
down.
Alan McAlpine Douglas
If this one seems slightly lame, it is. I had a much better one which when nearly finished, the computer crashed, and I lost it, together with that spark of create that set it off.
Love
Alan
Excellent guys!
i MUST try one of these ~ maybe 2 even! :reindeer:
Hugs!
~Cleo :pharoah2
i MUST try one of these ~ maybe 2 even! :reindeer:
Hugs!
~Cleo :pharoah2
QUOTE (Alan @ Nov. 18 2003, 17:32)
Dear Daniel
Love these two !
Here's a acrostic right back at you, which has the extra dimension of being a picture poem as well !
WHIRLWIND
What a joy, to be in Kansas now,
hoping for something to happen;
interesting, or p'raps not.
Ready to live, to jump,
like flying through air
whirled by the wind.
I am up !
No, go
down.
Alan McAlpine Douglas
If this one seems slightly lame, it is. I had a much better one which when nearly finished, the computer crashed, and I lost it, together with that spark of create that set it off.
Love
Alan
Love these two !
Here's a acrostic right back at you, which has the extra dimension of being a picture poem as well !
WHIRLWIND
What a joy, to be in Kansas now,
hoping for something to happen;
interesting, or p'raps not.
Ready to live, to jump,
like flying through air
whirled by the wind.
I am up !
No, go
down.
Alan McAlpine Douglas
If this one seems slightly lame, it is. I had a much better one which when nearly finished, the computer crashed, and I lost it, together with that spark of create that set it off.
Love
Alan
Who AM Douglas?
an acroschtick nonetsense fable
According to an undisclosed source
McAlpines are out of their trees.
Don’t believe all that you hear
of course, but Douglas fir
uncommonly stopped
growing where their
last house had
always
sat.
© Daniel J Ricketts 18 Nov 2003
an acroschtick nonetsense fable
According to an undisclosed source
McAlpines are out of their trees.
Don’t believe all that you hear
of course, but Douglas fir
uncommonly stopped
growing where their
last house had
always
sat.
© Daniel J Ricketts 18 Nov 2003
Dear Daniel
Well ! I'm honored ! (I think ! )
No one has ever written me "an acroschtick nonetsense fable" before !
RICKETTSY VERSE
In the halls of fame, at God's right hand
there sits a poet, Daniel his name,
since time immemorial,
dabbling in verse and worse,
alliteration,
nonsense, nonets;
I do believe
'e well
lives !
And now for something completely different, for the lady who loves us all :
EGYPTIAN ASPERSIONS CAST
Cleopatra, a goddess on earth
loved all but one creature the same;
elephants, Mark Anthony,
or fleas, which made her jump !
Perhaps her judgement
askew. Choice to
take to bosom
rash one :
asp !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
Well ! I'm honored ! (I think ! )
No one has ever written me "an acroschtick nonetsense fable" before !
RICKETTSY VERSE
In the halls of fame, at God's right hand
there sits a poet, Daniel his name,
since time immemorial,
dabbling in verse and worse,
alliteration,
nonsense, nonets;
I do believe
'e well
lives !
And now for something completely different, for the lady who loves us all :
EGYPTIAN ASPERSIONS CAST
Cleopatra, a goddess on earth
loved all but one creature the same;
elephants, Mark Anthony,
or fleas, which made her jump !
Perhaps her judgement
askew. Choice to
take to bosom
rash one :
asp !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
QUOTE (Alan @ Nov. 19 2003, 00:43)
Dear Daniel
Well ! I'm honored ! (I think ! )
No one has ever written me "an acroschtick nonetsense fable" before !
Well ! I'm honored ! (I think ! )
No one has ever written me "an acroschtick nonetsense fable" before !
[ Well then you deserved one, Alan! Don't ya think? ]
RICKETTSY VERSE
In the halls of fame, at God's right hand
there sits a poet, Daniel his name,
since time immemorial,
dabbling in verse and worse,
alliteration,
nonsense, nonets;
I do believe
'e well
lives !
And now for something completely different, for the lady who loves us all :
EGYPTIAN ASPERSIONS CAST
Cleopatra, a goddess on earth
loved all but one creature the same;
elephants, Mark Anthony,
or fleas, which made her jump !
Perhaps her judgement
askew. Choice to
take to bosom
rash one :
asp !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
In the halls of fame, at God's right hand
there sits a poet, Daniel his name,
since time immemorial,
dabbling in verse and worse,
alliteration,
nonsense, nonets;
I do believe
'e well
lives !
And now for something completely different, for the lady who loves us all :
EGYPTIAN ASPERSIONS CAST
Cleopatra, a goddess on earth
loved all but one creature the same;
elephants, Mark Anthony,
or fleas, which made her jump !
Perhaps her judgement
askew. Choice to
take to bosom
rash one :
asp !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
Asp'ration
Asp per ration: mine bit the dust, thanks,
so new-fang’d things I’ll do without;
perhaps mine had bitten off
really too much to chew;
at least in the mean
time it won't be
inching up
on my
neck
© Daniel J Ricketts 19 Nov 2003
Asp per ration: mine bit the dust, thanks,
so new-fang’d things I’ll do without;
perhaps mine had bitten off
really too much to chew;
at least in the mean
time it won't be
inching up
on my
neck
© Daniel J Ricketts 19 Nov 2003
Very fiunny you two!!!
:pharoah2
QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Nov. 21 2003, 20:48)
Very fiunny you two!!!
:pharoah2 2003 Nov 22 Daniel J Ricketts ©
Wave
your sign
just LOLly
gagging about
walking a tightrope
as if you’re No Nonet
Nanette, daring with no net
on this fall day; what if you fall?
Would our Brits lorrie LorII away?
No Nonet Nanette Lands Honor Head
Wave
your sign
just LOLly
gagging about
walking a tightrope
as if you’re No Nonet
Nanette, daring with no net
on this fall day; what if you fall?
Would our Brits lorrie LorII away?
No Nonet Nanette Lands Honor Head
Well, it looks like no one is even reading in here, but I don't know where else to leave this message for everyone. I still haven't found a kind of Community Forum here where one can just say hello to everyone. I know there must be one, but this educationally challenged person has given up looking! Sorry. If a mod happens to stumble in here, perhaps you could pass on this message to everyone in the forum. K?
This is for y'all:
My
Thanksgiving
Pendant’s For You
\ /
\ /
\ /
O
Thanks
for your
~ attention ~
shared so freely
helping, critiquing.
I’ve been intermittent;
thus I’ve missed interaction
that is our craft’s very heart-beat.
I’ll yet make my pen dance for our fête.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
© Daniel J Ricketts 27 Nov 2003
giving thanks for dear online friends
I've truly missed all of you by not being able to offer critique while I've been trying to catch up with paperwork at my job. My slow reading and limited time just have made it impossible.
Total knee replacement next Wednesday morning. Hope I'm not away too long.
Love in Light, Daniel 8-)
This is for y'all:
Thanksgiving
Pendant’s For You
\ /
\ /
\ /
O
Thanks
for your
~ attention ~
shared so freely
helping, critiquing.
I’ve been intermittent;
thus I’ve missed interaction
that is our craft’s very heart-beat.
I’ll yet make my pen dance for our fête.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
© Daniel J Ricketts 27 Nov 2003
giving thanks for dear online friends
I've truly missed all of you by not being able to offer critique while I've been trying to catch up with paperwork at my job. My slow reading and limited time just have made it impossible.
Total knee replacement next Wednesday morning. Hope I'm not away too long.
Love in Light, Daniel 8-)
My
Thanksgiving
Pendant’s For You
\ /
\ /
\ /
O
Thanks
for your
~ attention ~
shared so freely
helping, critiquing.
I’ve been intermittent;
thus I’ve missed interaction
that is our craft’s very heart-beat.
I’ll yet make my pen dance for our fête.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
© Daniel J Ricketts 27 Nov 2003
giving thanks for dear online friends
Dear Daniel
Well, I'M reading you loud and clear ! This is not only clever, the absolute minimum I expect from you, but also quite exquisitely beautiful, because of its truth !
Love
Alan
Re : Placement
Please,
lightly
a-'mend' him
cuz Daniel -
'e what faced lions -
means to conquer his knee
ere it cramps his whole life's style.
No, fact, that would help Daniel
to make 'knee'-cessary ad-'just'-ments !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Nov. 27 2003, 20:04)
Well, it looks like no one is even reading in here, but I don't know where else to leave this message for everyone. I still haven't found a kind of Community Forum here where one can just say hello to everyone. I know there must be one, but this educationally challenged person has given up looking! Sorry. If a mod happens to stumble in here, perhaps you could pass on this message to everyone in the forum. K?
This is for y'all:
My
Thanksgiving
Pendant’s For You
\ /
\ /
\ /
O
Thanks
for your
~ attention ~
shared so freely
helping, critiquing.
I’ve been intermittent;
thus I’ve missed interaction
that is our craft’s very heart-beat.
I’ll yet make my pen dance for our fête.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
© Daniel J Ricketts 27 Nov 2003
giving thanks for dear online friends
I've truly missed all of you by not being able to offer critique while I've been trying to catch up with paperwork at my job. My slow reading and limited time just have made it impossible.
Total knee replacement next Wednesday morning. Hope I'm not away too long.
Love in Light, Daniel 8-)
This is for y'all:
Thanksgiving
Pendant’s For You
\ /
\ /
\ /
O
Thanks
for your
~ attention ~
shared so freely
helping, critiquing.
I’ve been intermittent;
thus I’ve missed interaction
that is our craft’s very heart-beat.
I’ll yet make my pen dance for our fête.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
© Daniel J Ricketts 27 Nov 2003
giving thanks for dear online friends
I've truly missed all of you by not being able to offer critique while I've been trying to catch up with paperwork at my job. My slow reading and limited time just have made it impossible.
Total knee replacement next Wednesday morning. Hope I'm not away too long.
Love in Light, Daniel 8-)
Hi Daniel!
Nicely done! I must try these one of these moments! To answer your question, the CHAT ROOM is located in the "ATUM'S ANNEX" Category (fourth one down from the top of the board), inside the Mosaic Miscellany sub-category and then into the forum "The Basilica".
Go here:
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/cgi-bin....=SF;f=1
This is our bantering basilica. I will post your fine nonet over there now...
Hugarooooos!
~Cleo :pharoah:
A Shimmering Trinket
We
are all
diamonds in
the rough, seeking
shimmering trinkets
that can only be found
when one searches the exact
environs. Hidden treasures gleam
in surges. A self worth has been found.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How deep must one dig to discover
hidden treasures within us all?
Do you see the shimmering
smile that is your ardor’s
song, spoken of heart?
Can you reach the
hide~a~way
snuggled
deep?
We
are all
diamonds in
the rough, seeking
shimmering trinkets
that can only be found
when one searches the exact
environs. Hidden treasures gleam
in surges. A self worth has been found.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How deep must one dig to discover
hidden treasures within us all?
Do you see the shimmering
smile that is your ardor’s
song, spoken of heart?
Can you reach the
hide~a~way
snuggled
deep?
Dear Cleo
I could be incredibly rude and say "Loved the shape, pity about the words", but I won't !
Lovely poem, if this is your first eighteenet (nonet x 2) it was worth waiting for, the sentiment perefectly expressed and so true.
Love
Alan
I could be incredibly rude and say "Loved the shape, pity about the words", but I won't !
Lovely poem, if this is your first eighteenet (nonet x 2) it was worth waiting for, the sentiment perefectly expressed and so true.
Love
Alan
QUOTE (Alan @ Nov. 29 2003, 13:59)
Dear Cleo
I could be incredibly rude and say "Loved the shape, pity about the words", but I won't !
Lovely poem, if this is your first eighteenet (nonet x 2) it was worth waiting for, the sentiment perefectly expressed and so true.
Love
Alan
I could be incredibly rude and say "Loved the shape, pity about the words", but I won't !
Lovely poem, if this is your first eighteenet (nonet x 2) it was worth waiting for, the sentiment perefectly expressed and so true.
Love
Alan
Thank you Alan!
I did this one for Pandora! :medusa:
Hugaroooos!
Cleo :pharoah:
Life's Hills
As you struggle on that uphill climb,
life's gravity still pulls you down.
Yet its peaks are so sublime,
that no one wears a frown.
If by chance you fall
from its high hill,
you may crawl
back up
still
As you struggle on that uphill climb,
life's gravity still pulls you down.
Yet its peaks are so sublime,
that no one wears a frown.
If by chance you fall
from its high hill,
you may crawl
back up
still
Word-working
Work some words to fit a preset form,
control conformance to a shape
that still conveys a message.
See poets here perform
strange exercises
designed to be
challenges
to strain
brains.
Work some words to fit a preset form,
control conformance to a shape
that still conveys a message.
See poets here perform
strange exercises
designed to be
challenges
to strain
brains.
Nice additions Sue!
Cleo :pharoah2
Cleo :pharoah2
Family Gathering
Share the bounty with those you hold dear,
gather in the kitchen with kin.
Join in the merry laughter
brought forth every year.
Eat tasty turkey,
a dessert too,
but give thanks
for food
first.
Share the bounty with those you hold dear,
gather in the kitchen with kin.
Join in the merry laughter
brought forth every year.
Eat tasty turkey,
a dessert too,
but give thanks
for food
first.
A Rose Can Cry
The rosebud is drenched with morning dew
so that a single teardrop falls.
When given to a lover,
the petals shiver with
anticipation,
breathing a sigh.
Who said a
rose can't
cry?
The rosebud is drenched with morning dew
so that a single teardrop falls.
When given to a lover,
the petals shiver with
anticipation,
breathing a sigh.
Who said a
rose can't
cry?
A rosebud is drenched in morning dew
so that a single teardrop falls.
Who said a rosebud can't cry?
Petals breathe a sigh of
"heartfelt reverence"
A rose can't cry?
Was it you?
Wasn't
I.
so that a single teardrop falls.
Who said a rosebud can't cry?
Petals breathe a sigh of
"heartfelt reverence"
A rose can't cry?
Was it you?
Wasn't
I.
A Writer's Thought
Choose those words that best fit your message;
twirl a concept into a poem,
fashion a short story or
novel filled to enthuse
the psyche and soul.
Expressions will
flow forth to
suit your
self.
Choose those words that best fit your message;
twirl a concept into a poem,
fashion a short story or
novel filled to enthuse
the psyche and soul.
Expressions will
flow forth to
suit your
self.
*changed last word from thought to self
Very good, Lori - I like that.
J.
J.
Thanks J!
I just changed the last word.... :)
I just changed the last word.... :)
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