Glistening water, rushing forward
Mist in the air, dew on the leaves
Hard stony surface made slick
Falling drops pattering
A cool, calm breeze stirs
The tranquil scene
A dreamscape
Except
Real
Although I have seen the nonet before, it was thanks to reading the poem Shera wrote for her blog that I was reminded of what a neat form it is and what great things can be done with it. Shera's nonet is, however, miles better than what I managed to spit out, just for the record.
A nonet is the style of poetry where the first line consists of nine lines, the second eight, and so on, until the ninth and final line, which consists of one syllable. I really like the progression this results in, causing the poem to become more and more focused as it goes on, with less description and more meaning and message. In a way, this is similar to the way the opening paragraph to an essay works. Start broad, finish focused. Anyways, I've always found waterfalls and the atmosphere they create to be incredibly striking and unique, and I used this as the inspiration for this poem. In particular, the mist and spray of a waterfall always felt to me a little dreamlike. I started with broad and verbose descriptions, and progressively moved closer towards the deeper and more meaningful description of the scene being what you would expect from a dream, only real. There is alliteration used in line 3 (Hard stony surface made slick) and in line 5 (Cool, calm).
Although I have seen the nonet before, it was thanks to reading the poem Shera wrote for her blog that I was reminded of what a neat form it is and what great things can be done with it. Shera's nonet is, however, miles better than what I managed to spit out, just for the record.
A nonet is the style of poetry where the first line consists of nine lines, the second eight, and so on, until the ninth and final line, which consists of one syllable. I really like the progression this results in, causing the poem to become more and more focused as it goes on, with less description and more meaning and message. In a way, this is similar to the way the opening paragraph to an essay works. Start broad, finish focused. Anyways, I've always found waterfalls and the atmosphere they create to be incredibly striking and unique, and I used this as the inspiration for this poem. In particular, the mist and spray of a waterfall always felt to me a little dreamlike. I started with broad and verbose descriptions, and progressively moved closer towards the deeper and more meaningful description of the scene being what you would expect from a dream, only real. There is alliteration used in line 3 (Hard stony surface made slick) and in line 5 (Cool, calm).
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