NaPoWriMo 2022 - Day #9: a nonet
today’s prompt: write in a specific form – the nonet! A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable.
Lines from a Prologue
During the time Aurelius was
composing his Meditations
his empire, wracked by plagues, saw
Romans dying daily.
Yet there’s no mention
…
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