Nonet, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

o
sez
ol' Scrooge
Bah! Humbug!
Never wish me
a Merry Christmas!
until Tiny Tim touched
the very strings of his heart
and changed him from the inside out
showing him the meaning of Christ's birth.
o

[Larry]

birth
will add
some color
in a few weeks
when the baby eats
pureed vegetables
containing dyes and flavors
and a few will stain white diapers
the exact shade of Daniel's Nonet.

p.s. - Not the content of the post; that was nice but I had to mouse-over in order to read it.

[JustDaniel]

net
fishing
is allowed
for Indians
whom PCers call
Native Americans
because they are not in seine
so long as they stay in front of
what they have cast into the river

[Larry]

ver.
just might
designate
verse or versus
but it’s difficult
to ascertain which one
unless it’s used in context
and when used to begin nonets
one must utilize innovation

[JustDaniel]

shun
questions;
you won't know
if you don't ask,
so stay ignorant
by not posing any;
besides, it takes too much work
and thought to come up with the words
with which you'd ask something that makes sense.

[Larry]

sense
given
to people
comes in all types;
good, bad and common
which is or is not used
depending on the person
and the lessons learned from the past;
ignorance proves one can’t remember

[JustDaniel]

burr
in rear
remembered
somewhat too late
when he had slid down
the long cedar tree trunk
that caused last year's episode;
a lesson learned does not always
carry over for folks who forget.

[Larry]

get
a string
and tie it
on your finger
so when it turns blue
it helps you remember
why it’s there in the first place;
for those who forgot the reason
at least get a knife and cut the string.

[JustDaniel]

string
them out
for as long
as you're able
before you tell them
cuz they're on edge to know
why in the world you're wearing
that pink thing around your finger...
soon enough they'll find out you don't know!

[Larry]

now
it’s black
and swollen
and very cold
when you finally
remember why the string
is tied around your finger,
you were supposed to go purchase
a pair of gloves when your hands got cold.

[JustDaniel]

cold
weather
comes whether
or not you've tied
knots on your fingers
so simply wear what gloves
you've lying around your house
or that you've stuck in your old truck
because you'd forget to bring them out

[Larry]

out
of gloves
that once fit
but were outgrown
so fingers were cut
to look cool on your bike
but if you should get frostbite
they may amputate your fingers
and then the cool gloves will fit once more.

[JustDaniel]

one
s'more
ain't enough
if you're hungry;
chocolate does melt
inside every small crevice
of your hand but not in your mouth
because the graham crumbs prevent it

[Larry]

it
must be
a required
camping dessert
and it matters not
how messy it can get
because you're sitting in dirt
around a hot smoking campfire
where flames lick logs and you lick your hands

I was going to end it with "fingers" but didn't want to do that to you.

[JustDaniel]

hands
become
stiff with age
and more painful
when arthritis takes
its bites out of comfort
and spits out more calcium
onto woefully swelling joints
causing them to look like monster claws

[Larry]

Daniel, if your last post was personal, this is for you.

claws
will scare
the grandchildren
every day of the year
except for one very special
and that day will be on Christmas morning
when one big Claus brings the presents
and two claws hand them out
while pain is washed away
for a moment
by joy

[JustDaniel]

Thank you for the wonderful sentiments, Larry...
and it was interesting how in the third line your nonet morphed into a nonictameter!

joy
will come
on mornings
when the swelling
becomes less painful
cuz the weather is warm
and you are more free to flex
those fingers with relative ease
so you flip yourself in the mirror

[Larry]

Hi Daniel,

Don't know what a "nonictameter" is and neither does the internet or my World Book.

Just got carried away and didn't realize how badly I screwed up the Nonet.

Larry

[JustDaniel]

Actually, Larry, there was no such thing; I believe you created the first one.
Not sure that it ought to be reproduced, however. Whatcha think?

roar
softly
in nonets
so that the world
cannot hear a word
just as we have practiced
and keep your Rictameters
changing two syllables each line
not this thread's one-syllable genre

[Larry]

The joke is on me. I deserve it for such a lousy Nonet. Heck, it didn’t even conform with the parameters of a Rictameter. Not only should it never be reproduced but that one should be given a decent burial out back somewhere.


John
and Ray
need shovels
to dig a hole
and get rid of this
silly bull non-nonet
for it is surely quite dead
by any death’s rictus meter
and mark it so; much to my chagrin.