EDWARD DE BONO


The Bonto

There are specific forms of poetry like Limericks, Haiku and the Malaysian Pantun. Each of these have a very formal structure as to number of lines, meter, syllables etc. The meaning is often also tightly prescribed - especially the Pantun.

The Bonto is a new formal type of poetry for use on the net.
There are four lines in each poem.
Rhyming is aa bb.
Syllables: as yet undecided (5, 6 or 7)
Content:

• First line: sets out some extraordinary behaviour. The more bizarre the better.
• Second line: gives the explanation for the bizarre behaviour.
• Third line: gives the result or outcome of the behaviour.
• Fourth line: provides some "philosophical" reflection on life in general but arising from the situation.