Best Nonet Poems

Life might be compared to a Nonet;

if words be deeds, how we flourish

in the first several lines!

But the lines, like time, start

to dwindle midway.

Last word;...

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~Love~
(Serpentine Nonet)


Love is the act of loving caring
Caring for someone that you love
Love and care with all your heart
Heart will be given true
True your love...

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In sandy dunes on my back I lie
Dreaming of warm beaches, blue sky
And a girl named Lorelei
On memories I fly 
War seen from on high
I...

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If in one thousand years they'll ask me
What made this one so different 
I'll say lust for purity  
And control lingered on
Only this time...

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To live forever like the phoenix;
To re-taste the process of birth;
From the cleansing flames, to rise
Knowing death is no end;
An eternal soul
On a journey
May just...

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                       Sunset Shiverings


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Lady Luck ~ (the Nonet) 



Tears, shadows that swallow other tears
united and out of control
eyes decompose like soft coal
water, in swimming hole
everglade pistol 
celestial toll
river...

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Not
loved by
the critics,
artist Kinkade
adds a special glow
to his pastoral art.
A number of plates graced with
his cozy scenes adorn my home.
Kinkade understands a woman's heart.

Written Dec....

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At night, I w e e p, unable to s l e e p 
(The day somehow passes in pain)
Alone with none to comfort
memories flood...

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up in the clouds I saw an angel
so glorious in the blue sky
her white wings, amid the clouds
she was poised to fly high
her dress was...

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Carmine, orange, and red paint the leaves
dripping from Jack Frost's frosty brush
clashing with emerald green
they set the trees afire
with blazing color
a splendorous
September
work of
art 


red
cerise
and scarlet
colored...

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On this day I complete on the earth       
*Seventy five years, one regret      ...

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Oh, pungent onion, large, sweet and fried

in golden rings, diced, sauteed for 

casseroles or grilled with meats;

tossed raw into my greens!

I love you so, that
...

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The air that I breathe, Your mastery 
Where the water ends, land begins
Flowers engulfed by the dew 
What a breathtaking view
The birds in full flight
All...

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Spring skipping past Winter blows a kiss

Frost gives way to lush green carpet

Old twigs become new houses

Robin eggs match the sky 

Winters forgotten 

Springs lullaby

Welcome...

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I run my hands down your silk shoulders
till our hands are in each others.
As our bodies lightly touch,
these lips can only kiss.
I whisper softly
my only...

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The words of the Zulu coconut,
a once coveted souvenir
from an indulgent visit
to festive Mardi Gras.
As our hero speaks
two mice nibble
unobserved
at his
coat. 

"Beads
were slung;
doubloons cast.
Grasping tourists
seized...

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By Carolyn Devonshire

Two hearts we carved in the budding tree
One heart for Peter, one for me
Fifteen, fresh as the season
Breeze brushed love to our lips
Sharing...

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Wrecked on an island - alone - I eat
pineapples and coconut meat.
Though salvaged were paper and
ink, this is still my plight:
Who’s ever going 
to read...

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I
Waited
Patiently
For you to call
I feel so lonely
Longing to hear your voice
Azure sea keeps us apart
Suddenly the telephone rings
The smile in your voice eases my heartache

19th...

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As far as I can tell
You master it well

Always find the solution
Or is it an illusion?

Not to make a Nonet
Neither one Italian Sonnet









23.08.2017
Sun :) -...

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My fingers' tip-toeing on  your  face
 stopped at the softness of your lips,
   moonlit night guided my lips
   ...

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Fate declared this life there is no time
time for us to be together,
yet surely some justice found
in this the universe,
a planned after life
where you are...

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My Lord, what more need I ask of you?
For you have left your throne of light
Came to this place of shadows
Wherein lies treachary
And sin rules...

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In the Calm of Blue

Under a soft serene sky I lie
swathed in a blanket of white clouds.
Sing me a sweet lullaby,
and free me of all...

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