Monday, October 23, 2017

Day 23 - OctPoWriMo: The Message

The Message

Shifty-eyed and timid, he stumbled
O'er the unwelcome news he’d break.
I requested he repeat.
The Home Ec teacher
Gets top English
Classes. Kids
Get the
Shaft


Unfortunately, this poem is autobiographical. 

Today's Challenge: Write a nonet, a nine-line poem. The first has 9 syllables and each successive line becomes one syllable shorter.