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Saturday, September 8, 2018

Fussy Little Forms: Nonet

Happy weekend, friends! Today, let’s try writing a NONET.

 A nonet is defined as a combination of nine instruments or voices, or a musical composition for such a combination. The word comes from Italian nonetto or nono--nine.

 In poetry, a nonet is a nine-line poem in which the first line contains nine syllables, the next line 8, and so on until the final one-syllable line.

No rhyme required, and no particular topic or subject. You can also write a second stanza in reverse, 1-9 syllables, for a kind of opposite or mirror. I thought of nonet because of its similarity to the fibonacci that Kerry had us playing with last weekend--love it!--but I have never tried a nonet. Have you?

 Also could not find any good examples of a nonet poem online, other than this one by Robert Lee Brewer at Writer’s Digest. So let’s do something about that.

 Hey, hey, we like the nonet! 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1… and, go!

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13 comments:

  1. OutlawyerSeptember 8, 2018 at 1:42 PM

    Marian -- thank you. This looks challenging and cute too, but I don't know if I can do it as have a very short weekend. Still, it is so nice to "hear" your voice. Hope all well. k.

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  2. Victoria StuartSeptember 8, 2018 at 3:50 PM

    Thanks for a great prompt! I'm so glad I found you guys, you sure know how to have fun!

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  3. tonispencerSeptember 8, 2018 at 3:58 PM

    This form is not so fussy but interesting!
    I will see what I can come up with. Thank you!

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  4. brudbergSeptember 8, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    Not so easy... don't know if mine made any sense...

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  5. Susie ClevengerSeptember 8, 2018 at 5:57 PM

    Oh dread, form poetry...but I wrote one. Yeah for me. lol

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  6. JimSeptember 9, 2018 at 12:41 AM

    More fun wriing, thank you Marian. I'm on the edge of the bed writing, my Nonet and now this. I'm composing on my old Galaxy 5 Android smart phone. I think my spelling is okay, grammer has poetic license even though I'm not a poet.
    Lights out. TV on 30 minutes 'Sleep', and the second session of Fraser has run ten minutes.
    Good Night
    ..

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  7. Kim M. RussellSeptember 9, 2018 at 2:44 AM

    I like this form. I wrote mine yesterday but couldn't post it until this morning. Have a wonderful Sunday, Toads!

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-WadeSeptember 9, 2018 at 3:37 AM

    A nice one to play with! Thank you.

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  9. Kerry O'ConnorSeptember 9, 2018 at 6:25 AM

    this looks like a lot of fun, Marian.

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  10. MarianSeptember 9, 2018 at 7:28 AM

    Hello, friends. Look at all these entries, how wonderful. I'm off to read!

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  11. Linda Lee LybergSeptember 9, 2018 at 11:34 AM

    Thanks for a great prompt Marian. I opted for a reverse Nonet.

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  12. rallentandaSeptember 9, 2018 at 12:48 PM

    Love this form. Thank you Marion. Enjoy your Sunday.

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  13. MargaretSeptember 10, 2018 at 3:17 PM

    Playing late... Thanks for the prompt.

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