Nonet, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Cleo_Serapis]

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:

[JustDaniel]

Didn't notice this, LorII!  Here's one to start things off:

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

sLightly dizzy, Daniel  

[JustDaniel]

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

[Guest__*]

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

[Cleo_Serapis]

Excellent guys!

i MUST try one of these ~ maybe 2 even!  :reindeer:

Hugs!
~Cleo  :pharoah2

[JustDaniel]

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

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

[Guest__*]

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

[JustDaniel]

Dear Daniel

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

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

[Cleo_Serapis]

Very fiunny you two!!!

 :pharoah2

[JustDaniel]

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

[JustDaniel]

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-)

[Guest__*]

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

[Cleo_Serapis]

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-)

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:

[Cleo_Serapis]

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?

[Guest__*]

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

[Cleo_Serapis]

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

Thank you Alan!

I did this one for Pandora!  :medusa:

Hugaroooos!
Cleo  :pharoah:

[heartsong7]

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

[heartsong7]

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.

[Cleo_Serapis]

Nice additions Sue!



Cleo :pharoah2

[Guest_Cathy_*]

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.

[Guest_Cathy_*]

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?

[Guest_Cathy_*]

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.

[Cleo_Serapis]

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.

*changed last word from thought to self

[Guest_Jox_*]

Very good, Lori - I like that.

J.

[Cleo_Serapis]

Thanks J!

I just changed the last word.... :)

[JustDaniel]

Here's an INVERSE nonet from a recent challenge I just responded to today:

Weak Tea

brew
weakly
with finesse
and you'll avoid
physical pounding
in either chest or mind
and prevent your entering
global emergency treatment
or a close call for caffeine overdose

© MLee Dickens'son 2013

a challenge of 10 words, in order: brew, weak, finesse, (a)void, physical, mind, enter, global, treatment, close

[Larry]

Wow Daniel,

I'm so glad you brought this form to the forefront with your post and I'm impressed that you did so in a challenge format. I had never seen this poetic exercise before (or noticed it). From looking at the post dates, it has seen no action since '05 and that was before I joined MM so I went back to the beginning and read all the posts. The one that intrigued me the most was the "acrostic / nonet". Loving a challenge, I thought I'd try my hand at one of these and jump in with both feet with an inverse double acrostic nonet. So, as Merlin is wont to say: "here 'tis!"

Seasonal Shapes

Tree Shape of my Nonet

to
re-leaf
each tiny stem
every spring may
stress roots to obtain
handy food sources, so
all of them grow in autumn
providing the tree room to store
enough food for their new green bonnet

[JustDaniel]

WOW! You turned this one upside down and surrounded it with creativity, Larry!

deLightingly, Daniel

[Larry]

No Net Scapes

If I Funnel - Punishers

If one is to turn things downside up,
figure which way is up to you
instead of starting off down
find their unfixed loci,
use your awareness,
noting how each
notch is pie
edged for
looks

This is difficult but a good brain exercise!

[JustDaniel]

INVERSE NONET:

o u t l i n e d

looks
deceive
when Larry
takes up a pen;
not only must you
carefully read between
his brain-stimulating lines
but also must notice the end
and beginning letters in each one

© MLee Dickens'son 2013

[Larry]

Follow the Leader

ELATION IS HUBRIS PIE

each
line you
add’s a crumb
trail followed for
its guidance. When I
observed some of Daniel’s
nonets, I thought, “Add a quip”
instead of quitting. I thought that I
should explore, flatter and emulate.

Thanks for the crumbs!

[JustDaniel]

INVERSE NONET:

Ahead in the Clouds?


love

to climb

your ladder

to a cloud realm

and gaze at chaos

in some warm illusion

of prosperity's success

before suffering painfully

long falls down onto reality


© MLee Dickens'son 2013


from challenge words: love, climb, ladder, cloud, realm, gaze, chaos, some, illusion, fall

[Larry]

In Verse Upright Explanation

a planned acrostic if describing the form

a
placid
lake’s image
and reflections
needs bits of cryptic
notes for each border,
enclosing the line’s loci;
designating a style we dub
acrostics in double nonets. I
challenge any writer, if and when
rearranging constructs, to bring
open minds, tremendous wit,
sagacity that’s paired with
tactfulness and care
in what’s said if
class must go
in your
form

[JustDaniel]

Deliberate Hope

Ponder every option during times
of strain, with no hurry to mark
some final standard; allow
the rain to fill your pot
for brewing brisk tea
to drink as sun
shines anew
on fresh
hope

© MLee Dickens'son 2013

from challenge to use words: ponder, option, strain, hurry, mark, final, rain, tea, shine, hope

[Larry]

Daniel,
I've been working on this for nearly a month because an idea flashed in my mind when I read your answer to a challenge. Thought I'd use the same words and do a double acrostic with them. Hope that was okay.

Larry

To Refresh and Reduce

with

The Perfect Cup

tea

option

resurfaced

each time brewer

finished one, he’d hope

revised methods pondered

excelled with final marks. you

strain it fresh like rain but panic,

hurry to beat the morning sunshine

Thanks Daniel!

[JustDaniel]

Great job, Larry... and of course it's okay!!

My only suggestion for ANY poem that's an acrostic, however, is that the acrostic be its TITLE, thus...

TO REFRESH AND REDUCE

deLightingly, Daniel

[Larry]

Here's another double acrostic you might enjoy.

poem title is the skin

On Hula Parties

poi

oozes

escapes pot

making a splash

that helps luaus be

interesting and keeps

the inner fires lit. Men think

loose grass skirts are an alibi

encouraging them to join the fun.

Larry

[JustDaniel]

Larry, you're a master at these double-acrostics!

This one is especially clever... and tongue-in-cheek as well!!

deLighting in your creativity, Daniel

[Larry]

Daniel,

Thank you very kindly sir! I'm just following the lead given me by yourself.

Larry

[Keith Logan]

Puppy Love

Long live the days of adoration,
of sights set above their station
where the heart of each creature
is its only teacher.
The reason I say that
is my dog's love,
isn't a glove
its my...
cat.

[JustDaniel]

Puppy Love

Long live the days of adoration,
of sights set above their station
where the heart of each creature
is its only teacher.
The reason I say that
And why I say that
is my dog's love,
isn't a glove
its my...
cat

It's easy to lose count when we write
and the parameters are tight,
but if we just keep plugging
while constantly hugging
the sides of the road
we will have strode
to the end
to send
this

very Lightly, Daniel

[Keith Logan]

Oh dear, I am such a silly fool
to break an arithmetic rule
the embarrassment lingers
I could just count fingers.
Try to do better,
count each letter
I impart
from my
heart.

Sigh, the happy chappy

[JustDaniel]

A fool's not he who has missed the count
but one who ignores what he knows.
"Fool says in his heart, no God"
while all that he know shouts
or whispers, See Him!
None is so blind
as he who
will not
see

[Keith Logan]

Sun...
bakes earth.
Summer rain...
and plants rebirth.
Autumn smells, sweet gain ,
sky bright through morning mist,
jubilation of the dawn.
Dew abounds, flowers all are kissed.
Nears the time Jack Frost will have his fun.

It came about, bleakest winter fell,
hoary world without taste or smell.
Biting cold covers everything,
yields to a happy spring.
Hope abounds anew,
nothing to do,
only smile
the while
through.

[JustDaniel]

DECK PAINT

Degrease your porch before you paint it
even if you think there’s no grease
‘cause it’s certain you just don’t
know what people’s feet have
paced through or around,
and who’d want to
invite some
noxious
tint?

[Larry]

The nonets tightrope he aligned with no net



Through

his eye

each line’s a

neat edge but fell

on its left side. I

noticed most are lying

exactly centered within

triangularly structured shape.

Since starting the thread, all have complied.

This may not be a rule but some few

interesting people said I

get a more esthetic fit.

Have it centered with

tent or tree pattern

rows. If left, go

over, then

push me

east.

[JustDaniel]

LARRY HEDGES HIS BETS

Let's
agree
re Larry's
remarkably
yammering poem:
his accomplishment is
everything he set out to do;
delightful symmetrical shape,
great summary of others' nonets,
enlightening on what's expected,
showering praise on his fellows;
he shows characteristic
insight with his writing
such as we all need
but few of us
exhibit
to our
shame

[Larry]

Silence is Deafening

sad

in the

loss, a plea

echoes. What if

no one ever came

calling on us again

except to read. You and I,

in a sound-proofed habitation,

sweeping grey cobwebs from the ceiling.

[JustDaniel]

Well, it looks like no one is even reading in here, but I don't know where else to leave this message for everyone....

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-)

I find this ironically appropriate to re-post, since I've just come out of the hospital and rehab to prevent another total replacement of the same knee that was replaced TEN YEARS AGO next week. I had STAPH INFECTION in the same knee (having had a second 'revision' of the knee three years ago, replacing the bottom half of the joint, since it was moving inside the tibia), so it was carved open on the old scars and washed out with 9 liters of solution and stapled back up again. I was in rehab for six weeks receiving intravenous antibiotics every four hours for an hour. The side effect was non-existent 'blisters' I walked on with great pain on the bottom of my right foot and severe pain in the bottom of my Achilles tendon. Since I had a sudden spike in my liver enzymes, I could not take my arthritis medicine until last week. The previous replacement procedures had me up walking 'normally' in about six weeks. I'm only now able to walk a couple dozen yards without my walker. There is still pain in my right foot, but it is much lessened, and the swelling in my knee almost disappeared once I was able to start taking my Arthrotec last week.

I'm THANKFUL !!!

... and I do hope to be able to start offering critique again, now that I can sit comfortably enough to use the computer again!

delighting to share, Daniel

[Larry]

I THANK YOU TOO DANIEL


It

takes no

hour’s time to

augment or lend

new insight with a

kind word or suggestion.

Your assistance flows and I

observe how it’s best to critique

unskilled posts and help polish a pearl.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

[Larry]

It was close to Christmas on my last post and now, it's close to Thanksgiving in a new year. Thought I'd bring
this back to the top. I doubt anyone will see this except for Daniel and possibly Lori but "Happy Turkey" to all
who want to wade through this one.

Larry

An inverse/obverse double acrostic nonet. Now that's a mouthful!

A happy Thanksgiving
to you all this season.


at
home to
attend my
parents so-so
passion for tofu
yam pie and blobs like a
turkey; “not a butterball”!
Health food is their Thanksgiving meal
and I believe, one hundred percent,
no one will ask for seconds from such
kinds of shaped paste. An alibi
saves face when my allergies
gag me. Tasting soy beans?
I would rather waste
Vermouth’s aura
in a glass
not to
gain!

[Larry]

A reminder for those dear departed...

gain
knowledge
from teachers
who must still learn
that those yet to come
will need one to guide them
through their poetry and prose
so the house of cards which they build
won't fly away with the first harsh words.

[JustDaniel]

words
fail me
when I try
to be clever
so I'll not attempt
to do more than merely
counting beats until I reach
eight on the second-to-last line;
then I knew to write the final nine

[Larry]

lyrics are effectual

line
yourself,
reeling off
introspective
concepts the critic
seizes, to change the script
and rewrite the thoughts where you
revealed a small meadow or lea
ensconced by bright flowers is evil.

[JustDaniel]

vile
efforts
may create
a thing that's nice
but will you be there
to give awards to them?
just what kind of a person
would you be to do such a thing?
I'd think you'd have better things to do!

[Larry]

daybreaks water yard

dew
aids a
yard the best
before the blaze
resumes. Sun will sear
everything through the day
and extra moisture is a
kindness that is bestowed each year
since the beginning of time from God.

[JustDaniel]

God,
Larry,
how do you
always do that?
I don't have the time
to figure out the words
I would need for acrostic
response that would make any sense;
I hope you don't mind that I have not

[Larry]

no rivalry to speak of

not
out to
rout writers
into a group
vying to dictate
any set formula;
love the challenge, it’s a kick
researching new things I can do.
You write very well, I’ll never scoff.

[JustDaniel]

scoff
away
whenever
you desire to;
I will never mind
many of those set rules
with which poets bind themselves
except of course those free - versers
who've always done whatever they want

[Larry]

want
cannot
supersede
what you may need
and desire should not
be construed as loving.
emotions can be controlled
when using your heart, not your head;
if not, you’ll find both might get broken.

[JustDaniel]

broke
the rules
many times
before I learned
to write inside lines
that give you the freedom
to know what is coming next
and lets others know what they can
expect when you don't cheat or forget

[Larry]

get
enough
of knowledge
and experience
to express what you mean
with the least words possible
containing feelings you would share
and readers will be lured to your flame

[JustDaniel]

no bit

flame
my work
and toss ash
to the north wind
(while you're facing south
so your eyes don't get sprayed.
We can't have even one tear....)
Thankfully there'll be nothing left
to read.... yes, no obituary!

[Larry]

re:
your last
left nothing
much to start with
through clever design
or just by accident
so I’m left grasping at straws
on how to reply to your post
thus, a long meandering complaint

[JustDaniel]

plain
to see
you didn't
struggle that much;
I did have the thought
that you may have a pause
but I know well your finesse
and I had confidence that you
would grow a rose that is full of sense

[Larry]

syncopate elocution

since
you feel
naught is too
curt; my critic,
obviously you,
proclaims that what I sent
appropriate and that I,
taking liberties as we do,
educed something by interaction

[JustDaniel]

stim u later

shun
I'll not
to produce
a piece of rot
when fresh eludes me;
I would not have you wait
to respond with something more
meaningful than my piece of tripe
so we'll continue to poke and prod

[Larry]

presents of mind

prudes
adjust
their mind-set
as the years pass
and the morals change
but most christian people
maintain their beliefs through life
caring little for peer pressures
because their leader has no equal

[JustDaniel]

quell
your fears
and your tears
because in truth
the future is sure
even though we are not
clear on what it will be like,
but that doesn't matter because
since He'll be there it's okay with me

[Larry]

mainly, the eerie tale

me,
alone
in my fear
negates what I
likely know to be
yarns told, that are suspect,
turning off truth; it is a
horrid thing that my denial
evokes shivers to spread down my spine.

[JustDaniel]

STARTLING EGOMANIAC

spine
tingling
art can do
r e a l i s m
to spawn an aura
like that of any man
insisting that his own I
never takes a back seat to a
generic idiosyncratic

Did someone say Trump?

[Larry]

Hillary’s Big Top
or
taking in a clown’s act

tic
and scowl
kept her too
irate to show
new proof that had been
garnered by agencies
including the N S A;
no mail was unpatriotic
and were deemed secret after the fact

[JustDaniel]

Does this have to make sense?

AN ALSO-RAN CAN DEBATE

arc
nova
alien -
lover placed ad
supporting a free
oriental back rub;
remembered his pro rata
authorization when last night
no one was there to see what he'd done.

[Larry]

de range of electable

done
every poll
regarding me
and those civic
neophytes would not
go for my agenda
expounding on who to rob
or steal from to pay every bill
financed or not by the gullible

[JustDaniel]

GIST OF BAD-LEND BIRDS

gull
is able
so often
to just un-lend
our fries by the gob
from our very hands. I
barely purchased our order
at the boardwalk when the rats had
dived down and relieved us of our fries.

[Larry]

fabricate seasoning

fries
and shake
by the sea
reveal no clues
into how those two
can taste so darn good when
at the beach sunning but I
think it has to do with the fun
eating out instead of fine dining

[JustDaniel]

DO THE DINE ESCALATOR

dine
on worms
to end tic;
healing aura
encapsulates all
dining on dahlia
inspiration, hinting at
nocturnal critter bravado
ending that uncomfortable blur

[Larry]

beginning to torture

blunt
ends to
get the most
info into
nice cones on paper,
now, make some sense of it
including the things which you
need to say in anagrams for
getting your point across with good style

[JustDaniel]

SOMETIMES ENTERTAIN

style
often
means a lot
even when one
takes the time to hear
issues that you don't want
mentioned under some aura;
entertain folks - that is what I
sometimes want to be able to gain

[Larry]

goal is set – needs made

gain
or lose,
always see
life is not hard;
it is the changes.
success and failure seem
subject to fate or karma,
effort and desire are needed
to realize the goals one may crave

[JustDaniel]

Crave
nothing
so that you
always enjoy
what you are given
receiving it with thanks
appreciating God's grace
and provision as He promised.
The Lord is my Shepherd; I'll not want.

[Larry]

Want
something
for nothing
and stand in line
with other people
who are all like-minded
and believe that they deserve
the taxpayer’s money to sit
on their hands while others look for work.

[JustDaniel]

work
it loose
but you still
cannot remove
the lid from the jar
then ask someone stronger
if they would help you get it
and then your little sister comes
relieves the pressure and opens it

[Larry]

it
starts out
with the teeth
then all the head
including the hair,
working down to the joints
then affects your brain until
you buy a convertible car
to show off your age from the top down

[JustDaniel]

down
inside
we all know
with the top down
everyone could see
what we have underneath
and some of us don't want to
show off that much information
about things that are that personal

[Larry]

all
I have
for a start
is a word with
three short syllables
which makes it difficult
to write a good acrostic
so this is merely a filler
until I can think of something else

[JustDaniel]

else
one says
something snide
do please take note
that your minute word
"all" certainly does not
have more than one syllable;
letters themselves are not measured
by the number of beats they drum out

[Larry]

out
standing
“personal”
observation
about syllable counts
but I was referring to
the last word you used in your post
prior to the one I started with “all”.

[JustDaniel]

awl
twisted
in my thoughts;
you know the drill:
for me it's one step
forward and a few back;
the trouble is a long grind
but before to long we will have
a hole all the way to the bottom

[Larry]

twists and shout some

tums
will sooth
insides to
slacken pain thru
turning acid gut
salty but it makes gas
and causes false need-to-go;
nevertheless, the amalgam
distorts bodies until they get home

[JustDaniel]

home
is where
the fart is;
but only when
you make it that far;
sometimes you have to pull
off the road and turn off lights
so no one can see what goes on
while you go on the rural grassland

[Larry]

land
beneath
where you go
should be level
or else gravity
will bring a big surprise
when where you are is slanted;
take care with number one or two
because it will always roll downhill

[JustDaniel]

hills
are placed
where their tops
can see all 'round
so they can be safe;
they tend to be gentle
souls in need of protection
from a rugged landscape nearby
that looks up to them, but jealously

[Larry]

jell
loosely
resembles
something awful
and the scientists
who invented the stuff
said it would help my hair grow
so I applied it to my scalp
but I actually had no-gain

[JustDaniel]

gain
Rogaine
or no gain
it will seem plain
that any campaign
to have long hair again
would probably end in pain
so any hair that might remain
should be celebrated with champagne

[Larry]

pain
will wane
but remain
affecting brain
until you obtain
something for your migraine
but in the end, you will deign
to use a shot of Novocain
and knock it out or you’ll be insane

[JustDaniel]

my inner voice

sane
or not
continue
putting it out
for others to read
even if they ignore;
some day someone may drop by
who will digest something you wrote
and get back home without throwing up

[Larry]

spew forth poetry

up
chucking
from reading
something I write
gives me some insight
into that person’s mind
so that I may understand
the reason for such an effect;
if they read my stuff, they have no taste

[JustDaniel]

tongue-tide

taste
would be
in the mouth
of the one who
had done the tasting
but alas they could not
hold it long enough to taste
so we may never know whether
it had flavor worthy of the tongue

[Larry]

chewing fun

tongue
in cheek
is a term
for whimsical
lighthearted humor
and if poignant enough,
leaves lumps in the reader’s throat
but another definition
could be when you’re cleaning out molars.