Nonet, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

Life
Savers
are unknown
by today's youth;
they've a plethora
of sweet and fancy treats
screaming at the checkout lines
which will keep poor parents busy
grabbing and putting them back on shelves

[Larry]

elves
are not
tall and slim
with long blonde hair
like on the Hobbit
or in the trilogy
as depicted by Tolkien
because Santa would have problems
fitting lots of them in his work shop.

[JustDaniel]

shop
for elves
to cut down
on their shop work
and give them respect
by purchasing new toys
that they won't have to produce
thus giving them more resting time
to increase their productivity

[Larry]

Ty
Cobb was
from Georgia
but played baseball
for Detroit’s Tigers
and was one of the best
that ever played in the game
proven by his hall of fame votes
which still holds the record to this day.

[JustDaniel]

day
after
day he spiked
second basemen
and wounded shortstops
who dared stand in his way
when he ran on the base paths;
he was a Peach of a guy, though,
and few could outdo him when at bat

[Larry]

bats
will fly
in the night
without pine tar
or when they’re broken
but some fly on purpose
because the batter is mad
and their path always seems to be
directly at the pitcher and mound

[JustDaniel]

Mounds
don't have
the almonds
but Almond Joy
do; it's in the name.
Look bars are hardly seen;
Big Hunks are nuts and nougat
and are mostly on the West Coast;
Mountain Bars are indescribable.

[Larry]

bleh!
again
with endings
that can’t be used
in their current form
without any concern
to those who must follow you
into dark Nonet labyrinths
and tunnels without some kind of light

[JustDaniel]

light
complaints
with a match
and watch them burn;
you see, there's no net
to keep you from smashing
your face on computer keys
when you need just one syllable
to start off your nonet with panache

[Larry]

ache
laughing
from retorts
about complaints
of no consequence
except for games we play
which few will ever peruse
and fewer still will remember
but will live forever on the net

[JustDaniel]

net
result
of finding
what was hidden
beneath the water
came when you drew it up
and sprawled it out in the boat:
there wasn't a single fish, but now
you have the net that you lost last year

[Larry]

years
have passed
since I fished
with a seine net
but that was for bait
which is now much cheaper
than the gasoline I burned
and the repairs I had to make
when the net got hung up on old logs

[JustDaniel]

logs
dug out
are cheaper
than fishing boats
that can be great holes
in which you pour money
into that foaming unknown
as you feel it tug your wallet
until you become a landlubber

[Larry]

ber
or is
it spelled burr
that will climb up
from where it was caught
on your sock or pants leg
until it reaches your skin
where it starts to dig painfully
making you think it's a flea or tick.

[JustDaniel]

tic
tac toe
also called
noughts & crosses
is an endless game
where you attempt to get
three X's or three O's in line
before your opponent, either
across, down or diagonally

[Larry]

ly
suffix
used to form
many adverbs
from an adjective
but also helps with nouns
denoting different things
and its meaning is "every"
unless the modifier is "ish"

hastily childish?

[JustDaniel]

ish
is yuk
collected
before your eyes
leaving impressions
that are hard to forget
combined with a revulsion
that's hard to put your finger on
as well as no desire to do so

[Larry]

somewhere or nowhere
so;

order

might contain

everything to

work with to make new

hydrogen atoms which

explode in a terrible

roar or coalesce in a star,

emitting light which enables life

[JustDaniel]

LIGHTNING EXPLODERS

live

ibex

going up

hills will not fall

typic'ly they go

nimbly on their high ground

in the mountains and survive

needing little grass; the males wear

goatees but have no hair on forelegs

[Larry]

let her say she’s ready

legs

enough

to evade

hungry lions

eager to devour

robust or weak, fragile

slowpokes in the area

and long enough so she can stand

yearning bucks who like to have their way