Prompt: Write a nonet, a nine-line poem, with the first line containing nine syllables, the next eight, so on until the last line has one syllable. (Cuyahoga County Public Library)
Words Fail Me
Sometimes the shape of each letter is
more compelling than words’ meanings.
Playing tricks on sore eyes,
they duck and vanish
into the mist
of fatigue.
Fail to
speak.
Copyright © 2019-04-07, by Lizl Bennefeld.
2 replies on “Day 7 – Words Fail Me | #NaPoWriMo2019”
I love your poem and the nonet form. But I didn’t see a prompt for nonet at NaPoWriMo–do you have a quick minute to tell me where it was/is? Thanks, Ennle
Okay I got the link to work: https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Services/William-N-Skirball-Writers-Center/Poetry/Read-Write-30-Days-of-Poetry.aspx