As a leopard cannot change it’s spots
I cannot change, no matter what
I am that I am and was
only hoping could there
be bigger changes
we might see: two
in love turn
into
three.
Text: Linked to Jilly’s Casting Bricks October Collaboration Challenge. This is a collaboration with Vivian Zems who provided the title and the first half of this nonet poem. Her part is in bold red. A nonet poem has nine lines each line having one syllable less than the one above it with the first line having nine syllables.
Photo: “Life Changes the Brick Wall” by the author.
You finished it very well, Frank☺
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I’m glad you liked it, Vivian!
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👍
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I liked that one, Frank. 🙂
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Thank you! The form was a challenge. I’m glad you liked it!
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Yes, the form was a challenge and you made it flow. Well done, Frank!
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Thank you, Miriam!
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You’re very welcome, Frank!
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This is very clever Frank.
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Thank you, Miriam!
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Oh, very interesting and I like it!
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Thank you, Eugenia!
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😉
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Beautiful. 🙂 A lovely flow from start to end, and especially loved that first three lines.
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Thank you, Vinay! Vivian Zems wrote the first three lines in this collaboration poem.
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From naturalist poetry to mathematics! A great wrap-up of Vivan’s challenge poem, Frank.
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It was a little difficult counting backwards in this one. Thanks, Charley!
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Well done!
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Thank you, Imelda!
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Spotted Leopard
No Longer
Visibly
Spotted
Black Panther
Comes neXt
Vines
Reach
Beyond
Sight
oF Spotted Bricks..
iN A Wall ForGonE…:)
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The spotted leopard could turn into a panther after all. Even those bricks are spotted. Thank you, Fred!
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Have a nice
Weekend
Frank..:)
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Nice 🙂 you might like my post on impermanence.
https://booksabbreviated.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/impermanence/
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Thank you, Jonathan! I enjoyed your post on impermanence.
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Thank you for reading Frank. It brings me joy to hear that others have enjoyed reading my posts 🙂
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