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Cleo_Serapis
post Sep 12 03, 05:55
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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:


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post Oct 27 03, 07:04
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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

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post Nov 18 03, 08:43
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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


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post Nov 18 03, 18:32
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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.

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post Nov 18 03, 19:13
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Excellent guys!

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

Hugs!
~Cleo  :pharoah2


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post Nov 18 03, 20:15
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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

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


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post Nov 19 03, 01:43
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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
 
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post Nov 19 03, 07:35
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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 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


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post Nov 21 03, 21:48
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Very fiunny you two!!!

medusa.gif  :pharoah2


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post Nov 22 03, 04:51
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QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Nov. 21 2003, 20:48)
LOL.gif

Very fiunny you two!!!

medusa.gif  :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


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post Nov 27 03, 20:04
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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-)


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post Nov 28 03, 02:35
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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
 
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post Nov 28 03, 16:59
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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-)

Hi Daniel! Snowflake.gif

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:




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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind.

"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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post Nov 29 03, 10:17
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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?



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"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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post Nov 29 03, 13:59
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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
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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

Thank you Alan!

I did this one for Pandora!  :medusa:

Hugaroooos!
Cleo  :pharoah:


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Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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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
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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.


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Nice additions Sue!

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Cleo :pharoah2


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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind.

"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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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.
 
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