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 today’s d’Verse poetry form – so let’s 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 🇮🇱 
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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. 🙂
😉 Maria, thanks! 😉
-David
The novelinee, like other poems that employ iambic pentameter, is a challenge for me. Yours worked out OK! You’re so talented, David! ❤
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
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Great piece, I like it
Thanks 😀
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David
Mine pleasure
Clever use of fragmentation here, David, to express the verse desert, the idea of parchedness! 🙂
❤ thanks, Sunra! ❤
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 🙂
This is great! Ex/act/ly the feeling of the block!
😘 Alexandra, thank you! 😘
-David
Well, we know who’s in the driver seat here. Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
❤ thank you, Selma! ❤
A fun take on the struggle to create, David. 💙
Love “metaphor locusts”! 😀
💕 Thanks so much, Merril 💕
-David
You’re very welcome, David.💙