Off to graduate school
For sports journalism
Syracuse University duffel bag
Bright television lights
Require face make-up
Toiletry bag a must
Not just shaving gear
Also foundation cream and aloe cleansing cloths
Hair products and toothbrush
Prescription eye drops
Bag on the vanity
Means he’s visiting
Duffel has three sets of station call letters
Bigger city each move
Emmys multiply
Written in response to Colleen Chesebro Double Ennead poem challenge at Carrot Ranch Literary
The word Ennead means nine, and a double nine is ninety-nine! Carrot Ranch is famous for 99-word flash fiction. Now, the ranch has its own syllabic poetry form written in 99 syllables!The Double Ennead comprises five lines with a syllable count of 6/5/11/6/5, (33 SYLLABLES per stanza) 3 STANZAS EACH = 99 SYLLABLES, NO MORE, NO LESS! Punctuation and rhyme schemes are optional and up to the poet.
Sue Spitulnik 
07/30/2021 at 15:03
Did you chicken out last month? No way… you just had too much going on. I use Charli’s TUFF process all the time—especially if I get too wordy. It really helps me to get my point across. Thanks for this lovely double ennead! How cool to have a son off to graduate school for journalism!! That’s amazing. I’m just thrilled that you’ve embraced this harder form of syllabic poetry. I think you did fabulously! ❤
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07/31/2021 at 06:44
A lovely poem, Susan. I still have this ahead of me.
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08/11/2021 at 02:33
This was lovely, Sue. He must have been very excited.
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08/11/2021 at 07:13
Thank you
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