My 1st novelinee
My parched throat stings; and when I try to form,
Nought comes forth but heaving; this painful rasp.
Metaphor locusts consume in their swarm...
Depleted... whence... that... dry, terrible gasp?
In this verse desert, there are not enough *
I'm searching but cannot find quite the right *
Damn... did it ring sweetly...? was it a rough *
I... did it... rhyme loosely...? was... it the tight... *
In//spi//ra//tion\ \fro//zen... in... dead//est\ \night
d’Verse prompt:
‘Something Novel in Lines’
Since today is the 9th of the 9th month it is fitting for that numeral to inform todayโs d’Verse poetry form โ so letโs meet the novelinee!
The novelinee is a nine-line stanza overlaid with this rhyme sequence: a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,d in 10-syllable lines (decasyllabic) with alternate stresses (iambic pentameter).
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
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Oh, I love it… the desert is a perfect for self-doubt and the hopeless search for a muse.
Metaphor locusts is an interesting concept. ๐
๐ Maria, thanks! ๐
-David
The novelinee, like other poems that employ iambic pentameter, is a challenge for me. Yours worked out OK! You’re so talented, David! โค
Have you actually tried it, Cheryl? I’d never even heard of it before last week!
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David
Another of your self-doubt poems that you carry oft to perfection!
it’s a theme that works for me (cuz I don’t have to fake it!)
But it always comes out so good!
thank you, Jane
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David
xx
Great piece, I like it
Thanks ๐
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David
Mine pleasure
Clever use of fragmentation here, David, to express the verse desert, the idea of parchedness! ๐
โค thanks, Sunra! โค
Fantastic poem…you’re really knocking these out of the park! Novelinees, triolets,biolets,atoms,hexastiches, and lets not forget the musettes and freeverse that inspired me! And speaking of musettes, here’s another:
https://theforgersoffantasy.art.blog/2021/09/10/amanda/
wow – you’re on a roll!
-David
Hey come on.. I ain’t as good as you.. you’re posting like dominos!:D Thanks for the appreciation though..
I’m actually trying to slow it down a bit, now that I’ve completed 365 micropoems ๐
This is great! Ex/act/ly the feeling of the block!
๐ Alexandra, thank you! ๐
-David
Well, we know whoโs in the driver seat here. Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
โค thank you, Selma! โค
A fun take on the struggle to create, David. ๐
Love “metaphor locusts”! ๐
๐ Thanks so much, Merril ๐
-David
You’re very welcome, David.๐