19 October 2009

Monday Mission: Nonet

Beige grains in the old green Mason jar
In suspended animation
Await warm water and food.
Feed them the miller’s wheat,
Flavor them with salt.
Knead, rest, rise, bake:
Crusty joy,
Magic.
Bread.



This post has been a Monday Mission, this week's mission being to write a post in the form of a Tanga or a Nonet. I think I'm done writing about bread, at least for a while.

11 comments:

  1. You are REALLY making me want to bake bread lately ;)

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  2. I don't even know what a nonette is, but crusty bread sounds pretty darn good.

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  3. Anonymous7:45 AM

    definitely magic.

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  4. It is usually spelled nonet. A nine line poem, the first line of which contains 9 syllables, the second, 8, the third 7, and so on.

    T.

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  5. And very nice poem, Maggie!

    T.

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  6. now i'm hungry. for bread.

    I love "magic" It is magic, isn't it?

    lovely. thanks for playing.

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  7. Bread is magic. And poem-worthy.

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  8. Mmmm...bread. Tasty poem, Magpie.

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  9. Love it! Must try it myself. Also, the bread.
    Your blog is always fun. Thanks so much for being here.

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