Because it’s Saturday, day 9 of the NaPoWriMo challenge, and the 9th of April, my numerically poetic task is to write a nine-line nonet poem. A nonet renders out to about 36 words. It’s a brief form. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on. The number of syllables reducing until you get to the nineth line, which has just one syllable.
I supposed that one could write an inverted nonet, which I did, beginning with one syllable and working up, line-by-line, back to nine. I felt like I had the time. Two poems, 72 words, 90 syllables. Not much for a Saturday. So, I also wrote a 57-word poem for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt.
Never Understood
He had a quick pride which pained him much.
So many loves he’d won and lost.
His narcissism reflecting,
the part he’d never see.
Sadness lived within
his tortured soul.
When he died,
I still
cried.
***
Had
I known
of his soul,
the cost to him
was in no way small.
I never understood
many burdens he carried
they just split his being apart,
making it worse, the curse of his heart.
Look both ways and up and down before asking why or why not.
Mind the gaps in mirrored perfection of human discernment.
Our Literary Journey 
I think this was so well done, and I actually enjoyed reading it because I understood/related in many ways. Good luck with the rest of your work for NaPoWriMo! 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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Nicely done Bill.
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Thank you, Sir.
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I do like this form and that you did it “both ways”. Some people we know so well, others, not to much.
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Thank you, Dale. Hindsight. 🙂
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Ah yes… that of the 20/20 vision type…
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That’s the one. 🙂
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Sometimes I’m smarter than I think! 🙂
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You are indeed a bright and wise person. 🙂
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I have some moments!!
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Many.
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Thank you. I’ll stop fishing now!! 😏
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Anytime. It’s my pleasure. 🙂
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🙂
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Simply brilliantly written, Bill – I love the way this turned out.
❤
David
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Thank you, David.
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