Nonets and Octameter

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Rhythm and Rhyme by Maria L. Berg 2024

Today, I’m excited to share that I have two poems published at Heron Tree. They are found-poetry nonets. Here’s the link https://herontree.com/berg4-5/ . They’re short and include a quick paragraph about my process.

For today’s MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub, Laura challenges us to write an Octameter – designed by Shelley A. Cephas in 2007. The Octameter is 16 lines: 2 stanzas of 8 lines each, 5 syllables per line, rhyme scheme a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d; g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d.

Another Flare-up

Last week’s healthy form
I described as strong
and limber, now blames
me as we revert
All that energy
none left to exert
The stress-strings loosened
pull taut in concert

This recurring plight
steals sense of control
leaves internal flames
to burn and blight
Hard to believe last
week filled with delight
while tuned to divert
attention from hurt

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8 thoughts on “Nonets and Octameter”

  4. Sad to say that this resonates only too well Maria, but the handling of the form is as smooth and pain-free, as the subject matter is not…

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  5. Congratulations of having not one but two poems published, Maria! Your octameter resonates with me; I like the phrase ‘stress-strings loosened pull taut in concert’, and identify with the shift in the second stanza to the ‘recurring plight’ and ‘internal flames’.

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