Writing The Nonet Poem, featuring Yvette Angelique

Join Yvette Angelique to have some fun writing a nonet- a really cool poetic form. This nine-line poem follows a descending syllable pattern: nine, eight, seven, and so on, concluding with a single syllable. Nonet poems are free to use with any rhyme scheme or topic.

Yvette Angelique (MA-TLA, CMT-P, MBSR-Q), a poet, is the founder of Narratives for Change, a social justice art and mindfulness education practice. She uses storytelling to heal, create art, and raise consciousness on cultural issues, leading us toward liberation. Prioritizing people of the global majority, her work stresses slowing down, body awareness, cultural experience, and present moment awareness—especially for writers and folks leading community change.