Best Nonet Poems
Below are the all-time best Nonet poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of nonet poems written by PoetrySoup members
Life - a NonetLife 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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Categories:
life,
Form:
Nonet
Thoughts from the Battlefield
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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Categories:
memory, war,
Form:
Nonet
SUNSET SHIVERINGS
Sunset Shiverings
...
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Categories:
allusion, sunset, winter,
Form:
Nonet
Dark AgesIf 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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Categories:
angst, history
Form:
Nonet
Like A PhoenixTo 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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Categories:
appreciation, bird, birth, death,
Form:
Nonet
Lady LuckLady 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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Categories:
depression, sad,
Form:
Nonet
Thomas Kinkade: Painter of LightNot
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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Categories:
art,
Form:
Nonet
Numb With Grief
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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Categories:
grief, pain,
Form:
Nonet
Wings of an Angel
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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Categories:
angel, flying, meaningful, peace,
Form:
Nonet
Blazing Color
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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Categories:
10th grade, autumn, beautiful,
Form:
Nonet
On Lilac Breeze
Eggs
Laid on
Milkweed leaves,
Caterpillars
Soon emerge and weave
Through the plant as they feast
Then cocoon, a week at least
On a...
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Categories:
butterfly, spring, summer,
Form:
Nonet
Mentor, O My Mentor -wOn this day I complete on the earth
*Seventy five years, one regret ...
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Categories:
children, me,
Form:
Nonet
Onion LoveOh, 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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Categories:
food,
Form:
Nonet
The Master's Plan
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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Categories:
faith, religion
Form:
Nonet
Springs lullaby
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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Categories:
life, nature
Form:
Nonet
A Silk RoseI 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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Categories:
dedication, love,
Form:
Nonet
The Zulu Coconut Speaks
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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Categories:
allegory,
Form:
Nonet
Spring's First KissBy 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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Categories:
love, seasonsheart, heart,
Form:
Nonet
Message in a Bottle - Write- AndreaWrecked 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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Categories:
on writing and words
Form:
Nonet
The Ransom PaidMy 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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Categories:
life, love
Form:
Nonet
ACROSS THE OCEAN WIDEI
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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Categories:
i miss you,
Form:
Nonet
Forever DemandsFate 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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Categories:
love, universe,
Form:
Nonet
Your cherry blossom lipsMy fingers' tip-toeing on your face
stopped at the softness of your lips,
moonlit night guided my lips
...
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Categories:
love, passion, romancespring, spring,
Form:
Nonet
In the Calm of BlueIn 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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Categories:
blue, color, cool, peace,
Form:
Nonet
Quote Me RumiAnger is rarely locked inside me.
It gurgles from me like a stream,
not breaking like waves on shores.
But if I stay silent,
wearing displeasure
on my face, an
ocean...
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Categories:
anger,
Form:
Nonet