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BONTOS - Volume 16 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.
To make it less cool It changed the pool's flavour Don't curry favour ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I put my head in a vice I thought it would be nice It turned out to be frightening New thoughts need some tightening ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I lost my hope in summer A confidence latecomer Had no faith at all Pride goes before the Fall ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I pulled my eyes right out To switch them both about Preconceived this plenty Hindsight's twenty-twenty ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I threw a table coaster, When hungry, in my toaster Frisbees though could risk us Beware the slipped-us discus! ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Put pages on my aerial To build skills secretarial Was pulled up by constabulary Use arresting vocabulary ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I crunched my chiropractor He wants to become an actor My back tensed up in rage All the world's a stage ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I drank more wine at home To numb my myotome Stress was no defence Avoid the loss of sense ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I juggled twenty kittens To test my velcro mittens The gloves stuck to their contents There's fun in juggling nonsense ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Held my breath To feign death Gasped, then thought Life's too short ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Dissected a pastie Suspected contents nasty Revealed pastry new Bite off what you can choux ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 The circle dared To not be pi R squared Quickly ellipsed Don't be eclipsed ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Information caused mind's explosion The facts streamed in from an ocean Turned to silicon to keep from sinking Direct the mind's return to thinking ©James Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Fight! Never get to the finish, Clear thinking, the while to diminish The view always differs by side It is not the destination but the ride. ©James Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Brainstorming and looking lazy, Thought you had to get crazy, Turned to lateral thinking tools If you need more reach use a stool ©James Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I put a bee in my bonnet To see if the sting was abhorrent My head swelled until the hat stuck Hat thinking's no matter of luck ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I tore a big hole in the moon To view the eclipse way too soon Forgive my unnaturally timed acts Hyperbole breeds anticlimax ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Slept on the deck To ease my neck Neck's now fine Show more spine ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Closed my parachute It's price was in dispute It didn't open at all Avoid the cheap freefall ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I stopped a Finnish Pixie To help me with a niksi Away the sprite did sprint Always take a hint ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 Jan blew down a didgeridoo To get lots of air to pass through One end was occluded by crumpet Think not to blow your own trumpet ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 I sat on the wing (a discount fare thing) It caused a mishap Don't get in a flap ©Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997 |