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Passing By
Time touches all as it passes by -
pages ripped from old calendars
battered shoes beneath the bed
red barns faded to gray
yellow photographs
wrinkled faces
empty fields
sunsets
lives
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Style / type:
Structured: Western
Review Request (Intensity):
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Last few words:
This form is called Nonet. It has nine lines - the first line containing nine syllables, the second containing eight and each following line decreasing a syllable until the last line is one syllable. Rhyming is optional, but since it is structured, I listed it as Western. Dunno 'bout that...
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I tend to read Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Paul Simon, Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry, and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.
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Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:23
Hello, Kat!
I had never heard of it, either! Always something new to unwrap!
Thank you,
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author commentRula
Mon, 2023-01-16 05:33
A wonderful
Nonet my friend. Great theme and very well excuted one!
I take off the hat for this little beauty.
Thanks for sharing dear!
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Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:25
Hello, Rula,
There's so much poetry out there, pretty exciting!
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author commentRoseBlack
Mon, 2023-01-16 05:47
Nonet
Beautiful! The words and the form. I am enjoying all of these new concepts! Well done.
~RoseBlack~
Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:26
Hello, RoseBlack,
A bit of fun while stretching the imagination.
Thank you!
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author commentlovedly
Mon, 2023-01-16 07:18
Lav
new style creative poem
Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:27
Hello, Lovedly,
As always, I am thankful for you.
Lav
author commentlovedly
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:36
yes I know
as I'm also to Lav you
Jackweb
Mon, 2023-01-16 08:44
WOW
Beautiful artistic delivery! Thanks for the update. That's my first time of hearing such word: Nonet!
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"By virtue of creativity, my literary genre is poetry".
~Jackweb
Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:28
Hello, Jackweb,
My first time, too! The shapes of poetry are endless!
L
author commentGeezer
Mon, 2023-01-16 09:05
I think I remember...
doing one of these long ago. It certainly is a challenge and may make a good contest some time. Nice job on this one! ~ Geez.
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Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 11:33
Hello, Geezer,
It's pretty overwhelming how little I know about poetry. Always exciting to discover something shiny underneath a rock!
Thank you!
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author commentRosewood Apothecary
Mon, 2023-01-16 17:31
Sorry I’m late to the party
This is fantastic. Carry on poet!
Lavender
Mon, 2023-01-16 18:11
Hello, Tim,
"...thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks!"
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author commentCandlewitch
Tue, 2023-01-17 07:22
absolutely...
Inspired!!!
*hugs, Cat
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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.
Lavender
Tue, 2023-01-17 09:42
Hello, Cat,
I sure appreciate your comment! There are so many styles, forms, ways to express poetry.
Thank you!
L
author commentClentin
Sat, 2023-02-18 13:58
Liked the poem very much
Liked the poem very much
What form is this?
Clentin
Sat, 2023-02-18 16:07
What is this form of poetry
What is this form of poetry called,
I loved your poem.
Lavender
Sat, 2023-02-18 16:59
Hi, Clentin,
This is called a Nonet, which I had never heard of before and then wanted to try. Nine lines, first line starting with nine syllables and then each following line decreasing by one syllable until the last line is just one syllable long. Time diminishing seemed to be a good subject.
Thank you for reading!
L
author commentClentin
Sat, 2023-02-18 20:14
Thanks for the info about
Thanks for the info about Nonet. I will try a poem or 2
Thanks again!