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Congratulations goes out to Jannypan (Jan) . The Contest Committee is pleased to announce that haiku (salmon swim upstream) has won the Haiku Poetry Contest. In second place finished Haiku ('midst miners' relics) by LisaMay. In third place finished The Pledge by Father Flaps. Honorable mention goes out to spring petals dancing (haiku) by Lobber and Overnight Success by Sally Law and Striped Hovercraft by Faith Williams
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Nonet Poetry

Write a nonet poem. It's a simple format. A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes with just one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.

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