N is for Nonet - Spring Is Coming

Gusting winds in front of the rainstorm

Leaves and flowers on the pear tree

Crocus blossoms popping out

The Seedlings taking root

Sprinkles coming down

Dogs sunbathing

Birds in Trees

Sunshine

Spring

This form is called a Nonet. A Nonet has nine lines.

The first line has nine syllables and each line decreases to one syllable.

NaPoWriMo #16

Write a poem about 10 things I’ve seen in the last 24 hours.

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© Lisa N ~ 4/16/2011



Six Word Saturday

Need

To

Go

To

Sleep

Soon

I need to be up in about 6 hours. 
What am I doing still awake?  

M is for Mirror Refrain - Mystified at the Zoo



A Monkey and His Muffin

From Branch To Branch They Sway

It Was Quite The Sight To See

When I Went To The Zoo Today

A Hippo and Her Hamburger

She Swam Away From Me

When I Went To The Zoo Today

It Was Quite The Sight To See

A Lion and His Licorice

Caused The Crowd To Shout Hooray

It Was Quite The Sight To See

When I Went To The Zoo Today

An Otter and Her Oranges

Tossed Up High Right Near A Tree

When I Went To The Zoo Today

It Was Quite The Sight To See

This form is called a Mirrored Refrain and is rhyming poetry written in quatrains.

Within the quatrain are the “mirrored refrain”. The rhyming scheme is xaBA,xbAB,xaBa,xbAB.

x does not rhyme within the poem. A and B represent the refrain.

NaPoWriMo #15

Write a poem about the wallpaper on your computer.

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© Lisa N ~ 4/15/2011



Asking For Help From My Blogger Friends

Blogger friends,

I am wondering if any of you have recommendations for blog sites dedicated to posting fiction writing.  Does such a place exist?  I've started chapters in a story that I'd like to find a place to be able to "link up".  Maybe a site that would give prompts that could be used in the story.  I'm a little nervous to branch out in this direction with my writing but I'm feeling so compelled to not let this "moment of fiction clarity" pass.

Thanks for any assistance.

L is for Limerick - Lolly the Cow

There was a cow named Lolly

She always seemed so jolly

She laughed all the time

Her milk was sublime

It was a wonderful folly

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© Lisa N ~ 4/14/11



It's Magic (Three Word Wednesday)

Drawn to the Theatre

Day after day

Sit and Learn

Must Keep Watching

Just One More Time

It Will Become

Evident

They call it

Sleight Of Hand

Pseudo Psychometry

Large Scale Illusion

Misdirection

Busking

Illusion

Master

Promising Exposure

Demonstrates A Portion

Finally I Will Know

Now Chameleon Silks

Perplexes Me Still

Tragic

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© Lisa N ~ 4/13/2011

K is for Kyrielle Verse and Kindle (A-Z Challenge and NaPoWriMo #13)

NaPoWriMo #11

Write a poem that begins with a letter of something you have in your house.

An ode to my new reading tool

Something that I did not intend

Yet having one does break a rule

My Kindle is my newest friend

Unfaithful to my paperbacks

Electronic doesn’t feel penned

Gone is my heavy toting sacks

My Kindle is my newest friend

Can’t seem to give up books in hand

Even so I still recommend

You try them both don’t take a stand

My Kindle is my newest friend

This form is called Kyrielle, a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains. Each line consists of only eight syllables.  Popular rhyming is aabB,ccbB,ddbB or aabB,ccbB,ddbB, with B being the repeated.

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© Lisa N ~ 4/13/2011