It’s the penultimate month of 2019…the end of the year near as well as the decade.

two-thousand nineteen almost complete
penultimate month’s finale
cold air nipping at fingers
daylight fading sooner
winter imminent
behold post haste
leaves falling
give thanks
time

© 2018-2019 – Donna Matthews

The above poem is written in the form of Nonet. The nonet poetic form is nine lines with a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 syllable count. You can learn more about poetry styles here.

Hey y’all, thanks for visiting the Go Dog Go Cafe and I hope you enjoyed reading today’s selection. I am Donna Matthews, a born and bred Texan who can usually be found writing, painting, taking pictures, or traveling the world on foot. I’m all about love, people, sharing, and doing life together and would love to get to know you. I host two blogs…the first, The DJ Ranch, documents my personal adventures while the second, Slay The Chaos, focuses on mindsets, technology, productivity and organization. Come on over for a visit sometime 💙