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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #1695250
Pond Poetry entry - picture prompt
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Heat

Undulating heat sizzles and fries
baconlike road before my eyes.
Blood orange ball, I drip sweat;
western sun drops to set.
Mirages of drink,
too hot to think;
parched tongue, thick,
feeling
sick.


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 with one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.
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