Defeat of evil (Nonet)

by Ingrid   Sep 11, 2008


Vultures circling, ready to descend
The midnight hour is close at hand
Rope and scaffold all in place
Ready to die with grace?
Eager witnesses
wait in vain for
evil will
lose this
time

A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line
seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes withone syllable. It can be on any subject and
rhyming is optional.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Faithless

    This seems like a challenge but you pull it off so smoothly

    great job
    5/5 from me

  • 16 years ago

    by Cotton Candy Clouds

    Wow that would be a very hard poem for me to compose
    you said so much in such short words
    i loved it! i nominated it for the contest!!!!
    5/5 <33

  • 16 years ago

    by Chelsea

    I love it great job

  • 16 years ago

    by Mr. Darcy

    Ingrid,

    I am so pleased you have decided to write in this form. It is a new favourite of mine. I love the challenge of syllabells per line and I can see you have rhymed as well, so doubly difficult.

    Dark poetry always seems to have a rich depth about it, and here in your Nonet, the rich depth of pending death is evident.
    You may want to check the 2nd line down, for syllabell count, I think I counted 7. You could rectify this by simply addint The at the beginning :)

    A great Nonet, well done.

    Michael

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