Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Invented Forms
The Nonet is a popular invented stanzaic form that can be found all over the internet. Both Poetry Base and Shadow Poetry feature it as well as several other poetic communities.
The elements of the Nonet are:
stanzaic, written in any number of 9 line stanzas.
syllabic, 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 syllables per line.
usually unrhymed. unidentified by judi van gorder
tangled tight within brush and brambles
crusted in grit and crushed dead leaves
in a putrid pile of trash
the color of clay mud
a skeletal hand
lying stone still
suddenly
flinches.
Once