A Nonet Poem of Sadness

Sadness drains the damaged, mournful heart.

The seeping, listless invasion

Squeezes and consumes and saps

Frail vigor. Emptiness

Assaults weariness

Until nothing

Remains but

Hollow

Hope

The 'nonet' poem, I find, is a very interesting 'structured' poem. The structure derives from its one syllable reduction per line, beginning with nine syllables in the first line, to one in the final line. I ran across this style of poetry in a contest on Fanstory.com a year or so ago. I noted today that the nonet poem I wrote back then has garnered quite a few hits on Hub Pages.

Either folks are drawn to the form, or maybe that poem's inclusion of alliteration makes it appealing to readers. For this poem, I forsook the total alliteration of my first nonet. (Click this link to view my first nonet). One interesting writing skill a nonet lends the writer is taking a somewhat broad subject and narrowing it down to ever decreasing syllabic description. Poetry is an incredible skills-set enhancer for writers. More writers should try their hand at writing poetry to improve their descriptive language and flow. I feel strongly that poetry is a great tool to take into almost any form of writing.