Sunday, November 18, 2012

Nonet #1



I tried this new format, a "nonet" suggested in Writer's Digest's Poetic Asides. It consists of 9 lines; first line has nine syllables, then eight, etc. until the last line with one syllable. Some of you might want to try it, too.

Nonet #1

Slow walking in Sabino Canyon
we watch black shadows fold
into green, brown canyon walls.
A red tail'd hawk soars high
above the mesquite
trees brown'd from sun
in short fall
rainless
months.

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